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THE 


PHILATELIC  RECORD. 


VOL.  XL 


JANUARY   TO    DECEMBER,    1889. 


LONDON: 
STANLEY,  GIBBONS,  AND  CO., 

8,  GOWER  STREET,  W.C. 


|4rsf,(5*</> 

Vol.  XI.  JANUARY,  1889.  No.  121. 


FEW  months  since  we  received  a  copy  of  Dr.  Wonner's 
work  on  the  Postal  and  Fiscal  Stamps,  Envelopes,  and 
"Wrappers  of  Uruguay.  We  think  we  have  read  a  good 
deal  of  its  contents  in  the  pages  of  the  Tlmbre-Poste, 
and  the  work  itself  has  lately  appeared  in  the  Bulletin 
of  the  French  Society  of  Timbrology,  though  it  has 
now  received  some  further  corrections,  and  is  published  as  a  separate 
treatise.  Before  entering  on  the  real  subject,  Dr.  Wonner  gives 
us  a  few  introductory  pages  to  tell  us  something  of  the  history  and 
geography  of  the  Eepublic,  its  government,  armorial  bearings, 
flags,  finances,  climate,  &c,  informing  us  that  the  "variableness 
of  this  latter  has  an  influence  over  the  men,  but  more  over  the 
women;"  but  lest  the  reader  should  be  startled  with  this  announce- 
ment, he  adds,  that  "  he  has  just  visited  Germany,  and  there  also 
finds  that  the  cold,  dry,  and  less  variable  climate  exercises  its 
influence  over  the  inhabitants."  We,  however,  do  not  dispute  this, 
having  always  imagined  that  a  great  deal  of  the  difference  between 
the  Laplander  and  the  Hottentot  is  due  to  climatic  influences, 
though  how  far  these  may  affect  the  philatelist,  except  by  rendering 
him  more  or  less  stupid,  we  are  without  sufficient  data  to  determine. 
The  work  gives  the  translation  into  French  of  a  mass  of  decrees 
and  official  documents  relating  to  postal  matters,  and  the  issues 
of  the  various  series  of  stamps.  As  regards  the  Diligencias  no 
direct  order  is  found  for  their  creation,  though  Dr.  Wonner  has 
with  great  perseverance  waded  through  the  pages  of  the  journals 
of  the  time.  The  administration  of  the  Post  was,  in  1856,  in 
the  hands  of  the  contractor  for  the  mails,  and  it  was  to  him  that 
the  issue  of  the  Diligencias  was  due,  which  were  for  the  purpose 
of  franking  single,  double,  or  triple  letters  within  the  limits  of 
the  territory,  and  no  record  of  their  issue  is  to  be  found.     There 


2  THE   PHILATELIC    RECORD. 

is  a  circular  of  the  administration,  dated  14th  October,  1856, 
relative  to  the  prepayment  of  correspondence,  but  no  mention 
is  made  in  it  of  using  stamps  for  the  purpose.  In  all  probability, 
however,  the  issue  took  place  about  that  period. 

Dr.  Wonner  then  proceeds  to  speak  of  a  second  type  of  the 
60  centavos,  differing  from  the  first  in  that  the  word  diligencia  is 
more  spread  out,  and  in  the  absence  of  the  Greek  pattern  in  the 
sides  of  the  frame ;  besides  which  the  rays  of  the  sun  are  not 
circular,  but  in  the  form  of  a  ten-rayed  star,  and  are  only  sixty- 
seven  in  number,  while  in  the  first  type  they  number  one  hundred 
and  five.  To  this  stamp  he  assigns  the  date  of  1857,  "because  the 
sun  has  sixty -seven  rays,  which  finish  in  pyramids,  proving 
that  it  was  engraved  in  1857  or  1858."  Is  there  not  a  premiss 
omitted?  as  if  not,  we  fail  to  be  able  to  follow  Dr.  Wonner  in 
his  logic,  even  if  we  give  him  the  benefit  of  a  stamp  of  180 
centesimos,  which  he  considers  to  be  an  essay  produced  in  1857, 
and  which  has  a  halo  in  the  form  of  a  twelve-rayed  star,  and 
admit  that  we  may  be  suffering  from  the  effects  of  the  climatic 
influences  of  the  month  of  January.  "We  also  think  that  Dr. 
Wonner  destroys  a  good  deal  of  his  own  argument  in  favour 
of  the  second  type  of  the  60  centavos,  in  saying  that  "  the  sun 
of  the  first  type" — admitted  to  be  issued  in  October,  1856 — "has 
105  rays,  and  this  special  feature  must  have  doubtless  been  the 
effect  of  the  more  or  less  advanced  astronomical  studies  of  the 
lithographer,  M.  Mege,"  especially  as  in  the  block  type  the 
rays  were  not  arranged  in  the  same  form,  and  numbered  more 
than  sixty-seven. 

Dr.  Wonner  fails  to  convince  us  that  tbis  second  type  is  anything 
more  than  an  essay,  and  this  also  was  probably  the  case  with  the 
next  stamp  he  proceeds  to  discuss  of  the  value  of  180  centesimos, 
resembling  the  block  letter  stamps  in  shape,  but  with  diligencia 
in  the  top  of  the  frame,  and  oval  balls  in  the  sides.  It  should 
be  mentioned  that  on  the  1st  November,  1857,  as  appears  by  a 
circular  of  the  14th  October  preceding,  the  system  of  prepaying 
letters  was  extended  to  Buenos  Ayres,  and  the  tariff  fixed  at 
120  centesimos  for  a  single  letter,  180  for  a  double  one,  and 
240  for  a  triple  one.  There  is  nothing  to  prove  that  any 
stamps  for  this  exterior  service  were  created  at  the  time,  but 
Dr.  Wonner  states  that  the  issue  of  the  stamps  of  these  values 
(the  block  type)  took  place  on  the  14th  of  the  same  month.  We 
doubt  this  very  much,  and  believe  that  it  did  not  take  place  till 


THE    PHILATELIC   RECORD.  6 

a  very  short  time  before  the  first  government  issue.  This  issue, 
known  as  that  with  the  thin  numerals,  was  ordered  to  be  ready 
by  the  1st  March,  1859,  but  was  not  actually  sold  to  the 
public  till  the  month  of  June  following,  and  it  appears  from 
obliterated  specimens  of  the  block  type  values  that  they  were 
in  use  for  some  time  concurrently  with  the  government  series. 
Our  space  will  not  allow  us  to  enter  into  the  reasons  which 
lead  us  to  believe  that  the  block  series  was  not  issued  till  about 
the  beginning  of  1859 ;  suffice  it  to  say  that  we  agree  with 
Dr.  Wonner  that  it  preceded  the  government  issue. 

On  the  29th  October,  1860,  the  series  with  thicker  numerals 
was  ordered  to  be  issued,  the  actual  issue  taking  place  between 
that  date  and  the  17th  December  following.  This  series  embraced 
all  the  values  in  the  former  series,  except  the  240  centesimos, 
of  which  there  was  a  stock  on  hand.  These  stamps  continued 
in  use  till  about  April,  1864,  when,  in  consequence  of  a  change 
in  the  currency  in  1862,  the  type  and  the  values  were  altered, 
though  the  tariff  which  these  stamps  were  intended  to  provide  for 
appears  to  have  been  in  force  as  soon  as  the  currency  was  changed. 

On  the  1st  January,  1866,  the  postal  tariff  was  reduced,  and  a 
new  series  having  been  ordered  from  England  which  did  not 
arrive  till  the  10th  of  that  month,  the  service  was  provisionally 
carried  on  by  overprinting  the  new  values  on  the  numerals  of  the 
existing  stamps.  The  blue  was  made  5  centesimos;  the  green,  10; 
the  bistre,  15 ;  and  the  pink,  20.  There  are  many  varieties  of 
these  surcharges ;  some  of  them  are  spurious,  but  others  are 
certainly  genuine,  as  we  collected  them  at  the  time,  taking  speci- 
mens out  of  the  sheets  received  by  M.  Moens. 

It  is  remarkable  that  Dr.  Wonner  should  have  fallen  into  the 
uncorrected  error  of  ascribing  the  manufacture  of  the  stamps  of 
the  10th  January,  1866,  to  Messrs.  De  La  Eue  and  Co.,  as  they 
were  lithographed  by  Messrs.  Maclure  and  Macdonald,  and  ex- 
hibited by  them  as  specimens  of  their  work  at  the  Paris  Exhibition 
of  1867.  The  first  lot  issued  contained  the  error  of  "centecimos" 
in  place  of  "  centesimos,"  besides  several  less  notable  errors  which 
were  due  to  imperfect  transfers,  and  were  greedily  sought  after  by 
the  collectors  of  errors  at  the  time,  when  the  crop  was  less  plentiful 
than  at  present. 

We  need  not  pursue  the  subject  further,  for  all  the  rest  is  pretty 
clear.  We  quite  agree  with  Dr.  Wonner  that  the  hand  stamp 
fuera  de  hora  cannot  be  classed  as  a  stamp,  being  nothing  more 
121* 


4  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 

than  the  hand  stamp  of  "too  late,"  and  we  should  not  mention 
this  were  it  not  that  some  stamps  of  Venezuela  are  reported  this 
month  as  having  received  a  similar  mark. 

The  work  concludes  with  an  historical  sketch  of  the  Posts  in 
general,  and  of  those  of  Uruguay  in  particular.  With  reference  to 
the  former,  it  is  stated  that  the  earliest  notice  of  the  existence  of 
posts  is  to  be  found  in  Herodotus,  when  speaking  of  those  among 
the  Persians.  That  they  were  not  always  very  punctual  in  the 
time  of  Herodotus  may  be  inferred  from  the  contemporary  account 
in  the  book  of  Esther,  where  it  is  said  that  Haman  sent  letters  in 
the  name  of  King  Xerxes  by  posts  into  all  the  king's  provinces 
to  destroy  the  Jews  on  a  certain  day,  eleven  months  after  the 
date  of  the  decree ;  but  Esther,  by  sending  posts  on  swift  horses 
from  the  king's  stud,  which  did  not  start  till  two  months  later, 
arrived  at  their  destinations  in  time  to  prevent  the  intended 
massacre.  But  there  is  a  mention  of  posts  two  centuries  earlier, 
as  existing  in  Judaea,  when  "the  posts  went  with  letters  from 
King  Hezekiah  "  to  all  Israel  and  Judah.  We  attach  no  import- 
ance to  either  the  one  or  the  other,  as  the  conveyance  of  royal 
letters  by  couriers  dates  no  doubt  from  very  early  times.  What 
concerns  us  is  the  transmission  of  the  correspondence  of  the  public 
generally,  and  we  must  look  for  the  beginnings  of  this  on  the 
present  side  of  the  Christian  era. 


Tffltnjlfnjs,  JHsttitrsras,  unit  J^j$u$riftdifltt$> 

— ♦ 

Argentine  Republic. — Our  contemporary,  the  Timbre-Poste, 
has  received  some  information  from  a  correspondent  regarding 
certain  recent  surcharges  which  it  is  well  to  bring  to  the  notice  of 
our  readers.  It  is  to  the  effect  that  the  surcharge  oficial  on  the  8 
centavos  depicted  in  our  March  number  is  spurious.  The  same 
correspondent  states  also  that  there  are  spurious  surcharges  of  the 
second  type,  applied  probably  to  all  the  values.  It  has  been 
even  applied  to  stamps  obliterated  in  1881,  when  it  was  only 
employed  since  1884.  The  surcharge  of  oficial  is  also  said  to  have 
been  seen  on  some  of  the  values  of  the  last  lithographed  series, 
although  the  surcharge  was  suppressed  on  the  1st  January,  1888. 
The  Postmaster  of  the  province  of  San  Luis  not  having  noticed 
the  circular  which  ordered  the  suppression  of  these  surcharges,  con- 
sidered it  quite  natural  to  surcharge  the  5,  10,  and  15  centavos  of 
the  lithographed  series  with  the  word  oficial  in  a  horizontal  line. 
The  Postmaster-General,  as  soon  as  his  attention  was  directed  to 


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cru\r.njT_rw  _tltu-u 


this,  informed  the  Postmaster  of  San  Luis  of  the  irregularity  of 
his  proceedings,  and  the  further  employ  of  these  stamps  was  stopped. 

As  regards  this  latter  piece  of  information  the  editor  of  the 
Timbre-Poste  very  justly  observes  that  the  story 
has  somewhat  of  the  air  of  romance  about  it, 
inasmuch  as  it  seems  very  improbable  that  the 
post-offices  receiving  their  supplies  of  stamps 
from  the  head  office  should  consider  themselves 
at  liberty  to  provide  such  stamps  as  they  might 
require. 

We  annex  an  engraving  of  the  stamp  of  1 
centavo  described  in  our  last. 

Belgium. — We  learn  from  the  Brussels  journal  that  at  the 
beginning  of  December  last  the  letter  cards  of  10  centimes, 
theretofore  printed  on  blue  paper,  with  white  inside,  made  their 
appearance,  printed  on  blue  paper  within  and  without,  and  that 
by  an  order  of  the  Treasury  and  the  Post-office,  dated  the  20th 
November,  notice  was  given  that  in  the  month  of  December  then 
next  the  letter  cards  would  be  printed  on  pink  and  white  paper, 
part  of  a  stock  on  hand  of  the  same  paper  as  is  employed  for  the 
letter  cards  of  25  centimes. 

The  colour  of  the  2  centimes  has  been  changed  from  blue  to  red- 
brown.      Adhesive.       2  centimes,  red-brown,  altered  colour. 

Letter  Cards.     10  centimes,  carmine  on  blue  within  and  without. 
10        „         carmine  on  pink,  with  white  inside. 


MY/Wu-ltv-ijV 


Brazil. — M.  Eoussin  has  received  a  stamp  of 
700  reis,  of  which  an  engraving  is  annexed. 
The  design  is  not  complicated,  and  we  think  we 
can  spare  our  readers  any  very  lengthened  de- 
scription of  it.  The  impression  is  on  white  laid 
paper,  and  the  perforation  is  12|. 

Adhesive.     700  reis,  bright  mauve. 

British  Bechuanaland. — Protectorate. — We  have   the   four- 
pence  surcharged  for  Bechuanaland,  with  the  additional  surcharge 
of  "Protectorate"  (16  mm.  long),  in  black,  and  of  "4d."  in  red. 
Adhesive.     4  pence,  purple  and  black,  surcharged  "  4d."  in  red. 

British  Guiana. — The  Timbre-Poste  mentions  the  receipt  on 
one  of  its  letters  of  a  stamp  of  the  current  type  of  postage  adhe- 
sives,  in  which  the  word  "postage"  at  the  top  of  the  frame  is 
overprinted  with  the  word  "  inland,"  and  "  revenue  "  is  inserted  in 
the  lower  part  of  the  frame  in  lieu  of  the  value,  above  which  the 
value  "72  cents  "  is  introduced,  the  whole  of  the  overprinting 
being  in  black. 

A  registered  envelope,  size  H  2,  has  also  arrived,  which  is  manu- 
factured by  Messrs.  De  La  Bue  and  Co.,  bearing  the  imprint  of 
that  firm  in  place  of  that  of  McCorquodale  and  Co. 

Adhesive.     72  cents,  mauve  and  black ;  new  fiscal  stamp  used  postally;  wmk. 

Crown  CA  ;  perf.  14. 
Registered  Envelope.   4  cents,  vermilion-red  on  white ;  Messrs.  De  La  Rue  &  Co. 


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British  Honduras. — On  going  over  the  list  of  "  Gains  in 
1888"  we  see  that  we  have  omitted  to  chronicle  the  post  card  of 
5  cents  lately  issued  for  this  colony.  It  is  of  the  usual  colonial 
type.  Post  Card.     5  cents,  dark  brown  on  light  buff. 

Ceyloil. — Mr.  Castle  informs  us  that  he  has  the  64  red-brown 
on  which  the  surcharges  of  "  Postage  &  Kevenue,"  "  five  cents," 
are  inverted.  We  are  not  at  all  surprised  to  hear  this.  The  only 
thing  that  surprises  us  is  that  those  very  clever  designers  of  sur- 
charges in  Ceylon  have  not  also  discovered  half  a  dozen  different 
ways  of  setting  up  the  surcharge. 
Adhesive.  5  cents  on  64  c,  red-brown  (Postage  &  Revenue),  surcharge  inverted. 

We  have  the  1  rupee  12  c.  of  a  type  nearly  similar  to  that  of 
the  2  r.  50  c,  the  only  variation  being  in  the  ornamentation  of 
the  portion  between  the  interior  octagonal  frame  and  the  external 
frame  carrying  the  inscriptions.  The  impression  is  on  white  paper, 
watermarked  £g  C  C,  and  the  perforation  is  14. 

Adhesive.     1  r.  12  c,  red-brown  ;  wmk.  £g  CC  ;  perf.  14. 

Chili. — The  Timbre-Poste  announces  the  reception  of  the  post 
cards  of  1  and  2  centavos  with  some  modifications.  The  colour 
of  the  card  of  the  1  centavo  is  green  in  place  of  grey-green,  and 
that  of  the  2  centavos  is  slate-blue.  In  the  latter  "carte  postale  " 
is  introduced  above  the  words  union  postale  universelle. 

Post  Cards.     1  centavo,  carmine  on  green. 
2  centavos,  red  on  slate-blue. 

Dutch  Indies. — A  stamp  of  30  cents,  in  light  green,  has  been 
added  to  the  existing  series,  perforated  12£. 

Adhesive.     30  cents,  light  green. 

Egypt. — We  have  received  the  new  issue  of  the  envelope  of 

1  piastre,  size  120  x  94  mm.,  and  two  sizes  of  an  envelope  of 

2  piastres,  146x111  mm.  and  176x117  mm.,  of  azure  laid 
paper,  watermarked  with  "Postes  Egyptiennes"  in  a  running  hand 
with  a  flourish  below  at  various  intervals.  The  stamp  embossed 
on  the  envelope  of  1  piastre  is  similar  to  that  of  1887;  that  of 
2  piastres  has  the  same  design  for  the  interior,  but  the  exterior 
border  is  varied,  and  is  a  dodecagon  with  curved  pearled  sides. 

There  are  also  two  wrappers  with  stamps  of  1  millieme  and  2 
milliemes  of  the  current  type  of  adhesives,  and  of  similar  paper 
to  that  used  for  the  wrappers  of  Great  Britain,  and  of  similar  size. 

Envelopes.     1  piastre,  ultramarine-blue;  wmk.  " Postes  Egyptiennes." 
2  piastres,  orange-red  ,,  ,, 

Wrappers.    1  millieme,  brown  on  manilla. 
2  milliemes,  green  on  manilla. 

Great  Britain. — A  correspondent  has  sent  us  two  envelopes  of 
Dickinson  paper  with  tongue-shaped  flap,  the  one  of  the  large  and 
the  other  of  the  medium  size,  and  registered  respectively  July  7th, 
1857,  and  March  28th,  1857.  Each  bears  as  the  registration  fee  a 
sixpenny  stamp,  violet,  without  letters  in  the  angles.  The  stamp 
on  the  letter  posted  in  July,  1857,  is  on  paper  slightly  blue;  but 


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there  can  be  no  doubt  as  to  that  on  the  envelope  dated  in  March, 
1857,  being  on  blue  paper.  We  know  that  the  impression  registered 
at  Somerset  House  in  March,  1856,  is  on  blue  paper,  but  we  were 
not  aware  that  any  had  been  issued  to  the  public  on  what  is 
commonly  known  as  "safety  paper."  Both  these  stamps  are 
outside  stamps,  and  have  therefore  one  wide  margin,  which  catches 
the  eye  more  readily  than  when  the  tablets  are  almost  the  sole 
uncoloured  portions.  :  . 

Guatemala. — We  have  the  5  centavos  of  the  current  type  with 
the  numeral  of  value  much  thicker  than  formerly. 

Adhesive.     5  centavos,  violet,  thick  numeral. 

Holland. — In  conformity  with  a  Decree  dated  the  20th 
November  last,  three  new  values  have  been  added  to  the  existing 
series — viz.,  1\  cents,  22£  cents,  and  100  cents — and  were  issued 
on  the  15th  December  last.  Like  the  other  values  in  the  series, 
the  impression  is  on  plain  white  paper,  and  the  perforation  12. 

Adhesives.     7\  cents,  red-brown. 
22|     ,,      blue-green. 
1  gulden,  lilac. 

Nevis. — The  issue  of  the  Sixpence  of  the  current  type  in  pale 
red  is  announced  on  paper  watermarked  $?  CA  and  perforated  14. 
Adhesive.     6  pence,  pale  red  ;  wmk.  S§?  CA. 

New  South  Wales. — Through  the  kindness  of  Mr.  Hagen 
we  have  another  value  of  the  centenary  series,  with  the  defects  of 
some  of  its  forerunners  magnified — too  much  crammed  in  a  small 
space — presenting  a  very  good  specimen  of  the  art  of  packing. 
On  a  solid  circular  ground  of  9  mm.  diameter  there  is  the  head  of 
the  Queen,  as  on  the  Jubilee  coins,  in  the  left  upper  corner,  the 
arms  of  the  colony  on  a  shield  just  a  little  askew  so  as  to  fit  well 
into  the  right  lower  angle,  surmounted  by  a  scroll  inscribed  one 
hundred  years.  From  left  to  right  an  unmanageable  scroll  is 
crammed  in,  inscribed  new  south  wales  postage,  and  in  a  small 
vacant  space  are  four  stars.  At  the  foot,  in  a  straight  tablet,  is 
the  value — six  pence.  All  these,  except  the  stars,  are  securely 
packed  with  fruit  and  flowers.  The  impression  is  in  carmine  on 
paper  watermarked  m  N.  S.  W.  In  the  specimen  we  have  received 
the  watermark  is  upside-down.  Certainly  the  topsy-turvies  have 
had  it  all  their  own  way  lately  with  the  centenary  issue.  It  is  a 
sad  blow  to  the  collectors  of  such  things  to  find  that  the  upright 
ones  are  the  rarer  of  the  two. 

Adhesive.    6  pence,  carmine  on  white;  wmk.  @  N.  S.  TV.;  perf.  ll|x  11. 

Philippines. — L' Excellent issime    Gouverneur    General   of  the 
Philippines  is  certainly  overburdened  with  postage  stamp  work. 
By  a  Decree  dated  the  4th  October  last  he  has  ordered  350,000  more 
stamps  of  2|-  centimos  (why  not  2  J  c.  1)  to  be  issued  by  surcharging 
110,000  Postal  Union  stamps  of  10  centimos. 
219,500  postage  stamps  of  ^  centime 
20,500  passport  stamps  of  20  centimos. 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND   RESUSCITATIONS. 


A  few  months  since  the  stamps  of  2|-  c.  de  peso  were  surcharged 
to  form  other  values,  and  now  other  values  are  surcharged  to  make 
this  value.  Besides  which  a  considerable  number  of  the  2-|  c.  de 
peso  have  lately  been  surcharged  with  habilitado  para  giro,  with 
20  c.  and  40  c.  for  use  as  bill  stamps.  Is  all  this  absurdity  merely 
for  the  purpose  of '  giving  employment  to  the  officials  1  or  is  it 
a  speculation  on  collectors  not  only  connived  at,  but  aided  by 
IJ Excellentissime  ?  or  is  it  to  increase  the  sale  of  the  stamps — a 
"trick  of  the  trade"? 

Queensland. — Our  latest  advices  inform  us  that  the  designs 
of  the  new  post  cards  for  Great  Britain  of  2d.  by  the  long  route 
and  3d.  via  Brindisi  had  been  approved  of  by  the  Hon.  John 
Donaldson,  the  Postmaster-General,  and  would  come  into  use  on 
the  first  of  this  month.  Next  month,  therefore,  we  may  expect 
these  and  similar  ones  from  other  Australian  colonies. 

Russian   Locals. — Bogorodsk. — The  Timbre-Poste  chronicles 
a  wrapper  222  x  86  mm.  with  stamp  of  the  type  of  1871. 
Wrapper.     1  kopeck,  red  on  white. 

Gi'iazowetz. — The  4  kopecks  stamp   of 
1837  is  now  on  white  bdtonne  paper. 
Adhesive.     4  kopecs,  blue  on  white  bdtonne'. 

Lebedjan. — We  annex  an  engraving  of  a 
stamp  recently  issued  for  this  local  post. 
The  swan  sailing  to  the  right  may  be 
supposed  to  be  on  his  way  to  visit  his 
Antipodean  kinsfolk.  The  impression  is 
on  orange-yellow  paper. 

Adhesive.     4  kopecs,  red  on  orange-yellow. 


iVnOHTOBAfl^j 


[Y^UOAHArO/^ 


iwWttS^ 


Sarawak. — Mr.  Campbell  has  sent  us  a  fresh  portrait  of  the 
Eaja,  Sir  C.  J.  Brooke,  a  la  De  La  Rue  and  Co.  It  is  a  three- 
quarter  portrait  to  the  right,  on  a  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  and 
is  within  an  oval  band,  inscribed  postage  Sarawak  &  revenue. 
The  classical  style  has  very  properly  been  done  away  with,  and  the 
Raja  is  represented  in  the  dress  of  an  ordinary  mortal.  Below  his 
chin  is  a  tablet,  10^  by  7  mm.,  printed  in  a  different  colour  from 
the  rest  of  the  stamp,  on  which  is  the  value  in  uncoloured  numerals 
on  a  horizontally  lined  ground.  The  impression  is  on  white  wove 
paper,  and  the  perforation  14.  There  is  a  "jubilee"  line  round 
the  pane  of  the  colour  of  the  stamp.  The  design  is  the  same  for 
all  the  values,  and  the  impression  of  the  stamps,  with  the  exception 
of  the  tablets,  is  in  one  or  other  of  Messrs.  De  La  Rue  and  Co.'s 
two  doubly-fugitive  colours. 


Adhesive.     2  cents, 

purple 

tablet  red. 

3     „ 

a 

,, 

blue. 

4     „ 

»> 

>> 

yellow. 

6     „ 

red-brown 

8     „ 

green 

red. 

12     „ 

>> 

ii 

blue. 

PHILATELIC    GAINS. 


Sierra  Leone. — The  issue  of  the  one  shilling,  red-brown,  on 
paper  watermarked  £g  C  A,  is  reported.     Perforation  14. 
Adhesive.     1  shilling,  reel-brown;  wrrik.  |g  C  A. 

Sweden. — A  correspondent  has  forwarded  us  a  series  of  essays 
prepared  some  years  ago,  but  which  we  do  not  think  have  been 
chronicled,  showing  the  head  of  the  late  king  Carl  XV.  in  profile 
to  the  left,  on  a  solid  ground  within  a  pearled  circle.  Above  is  a 
cartouch,  with  scroll  ends,  inscribed  sverige  on  a  solid  ground, 
and  a  similar  tablet  below  with  the  value  four  (nio,  tolf,  trettio, 
femtio)  ore.  On  each  side  is  frimarke  in  minute  letters.  There 
is  no  exterior  framing.  These  essays  are  printed  in  black,  blue, 
yellow,  light  green,  and  orange-red,  and  perforated  1 3,  and  were,  it 
is  said,  submitted  to  the  king  for  approval,  who  however  gave  the 
preference  to  the  series  with  numerals. 

Tunis. — We  annex  an  engraving  of  the  second  type  of  these 
stamps  as  described  in  our  last  number.  The  Timbre-Poste  ex- 
presses a  doubt  whether  the  reply  post  card  of 
10+10  centimes,  and  the  letter  card  of  25 
centimes,  exist  with  stamps  of  the  first  type; 
but  we  are  able  to  assure  our  contemporary 
of  their  existence,-  as  our  specimens  were  of 
the  first  type.  We  have  since  received  speci- 
mens of  the  post  cards,  the  envelope  of  15  c, 
and  the  letter  card  of  25  c,  all  of  the  second 
type,  which  were  purchased  by  our  correspondent  at  the  post- 
office  in  Tunis  at  the  latter  end  of  October. 

The  above-mentioned  journal  also  states  that  the  new  type 
comes  to  hand  with  the  ground  dotted  in  form  of  a  T,  to  serve 
as  unpaid  letter  stamps. 

Envelope.  15  centimes,  black  on  blue  ;  second  type. 

Post  Card.  10         „  ,,        light  buff      ,, 

Reply  Card.     10-fl0        ,,  ,,        pale  blue       ,, 

Letter  Card.  25         ,,  ,,         pink  ,, 


V.-U    --UU-J 


OR/1  r\s\j- 


PHILATELIC  GAINS  OF  1888, 


The  contents  of  the  following  list,  not  otherwise  described,  are  to  be  taken 
as  adhesives.  Words  in  italics  point  to  the  particular  change  in  the  object 
in  question,  which  constitutes  it  a  new  variety ;  and  the  page  referred  to  is 
that  of  the  tenth  volume  of  the  Philatelic  Record  on  which  the  novelty  is 
described.  A  note  of  interrogation  indicates  that  the  authenticity  is  doubtful. 

Afghanistan. — Type  1881.     New  Colours. 


abasi,  black  on  magenta  wove. 

purple-brown  on  orange  wove, 
purple-brown  on  green  laid  bdtonnt. 
purple-black  on  lavender  laid     ,, 
pink  laid 


Page  52.) 
„  52.) 
„  52.) 
»  52.) 
„  52.) 
„    52.) 


121** 


10 


PHILATELIC    GAINS. 


New  type. 


1  rupee,  purple-black  on  pink  laid  batonne. 
1  abasi,  puce  on  white  laid  ,, 

o 

-  i)  5J  55  55 

1  rupee  „ 

1  abasi,  black  on  red-pink,  yellow  and  green  laid. 

2  , ,  puce  on  red-pink  , ,  , , 
1  rupee,  blue  on  red-pink  ,,  ,, 
1  abasi,  lake  on  white  laid  batonne. 


(Page  52.) 


76.) 
7d.) 
76.) 
12S.) 
12S.) 
128.) 
163.) 


Annam  and  Tonkin. — Stamps  of  the  French  Colonies  surcharged  in  black. 

(Page  77.) 
"Wooden  die.     I.  Xarrow  A.     Two  varieties  in  size  of  numerals. 
1  on    2c,  brown  on  bistre  ;  numerals  of  8  and  S|  mm.     (Page  78.) 
1  on    2  c,  violet  on  blue  ,,  ,,  ,, 

5  on  10  c,  black  on  lilac. 

II.   Wide  A. 
1  on    2  c,  brown  on  bistre  ;  numeral  of  10  mm. 
1  on    4c,  violet  on  blue  ,,  ,, 

Brass  die.    1  on    2c,  brown  on  bistre. 
1  on    4  c,  violet  on  blue. 
5  on  10  c,  black  on  lilac 

Note. — The  5  on  2  c,  brown  on  bistre,  reported  p.  78,  is  not  authentic, 
p.  149. 

Antioquia. — 5  centavos,  red  on  pale  green.  (Page  52.) 

1  centavo,  red  on  violet.  (  ,,    128.) 

2\  centavos,  violet  on  ma woe.  (   ,,    128.) 

5         ,,         red  on  buff.  (  ,,    128.) 

10         ,,         bistre  on  green.  (   ,,   128.) 

20        ,,         bistre  on  buff.  ,,    183.) 


(    „     /»■) 

(    „    78.) 

(Page  78.) 
(  „  78.) 
(  „  78.) 
(     „    78.) 


Argentine  Kepublic. — New  Lithographed  Issue. 
|  centavo,  blue  ;  perf.  11^. 
2  centavos,  yellow-green  ;  perf.  llh. 


Envelopes. 


Letter  Cards. 


3 

5 

6 

10 

15 

30 

40 

50 

5 

10 

15 

2 

2 

4 

r-rli 

3  +  3 


blue -green 

pink  ,, 

red 

brown  ,, 

orange-yellow  , , 

chocolate-brown  ,, 

blue  ,, 

5)  5  5 

carmine 

brown 

blue 

35 

„    (varieties) 
brown 

vermilion-red  on  white 
green  on  white 
red  ;  perf.  11|. 


Page    5.) 
33.) 
33.) 
6.) 
33.) 
6.) 
6.) 
52.) 
33.) 
76.) 
33.) 
33.) 
112.) 
33.) 
76.) 
76.) 
112.) 
147J 
92.) 
92.) 
200.) 
200.) 


Modified  Type.     5 
Envelope    ,,        5 

Wrapper.  \  centavo,  bistre  on  mauilla 

New  Engraved  Issue.     1  centavo,  dark  brown  ;  perf.  1H. 
Official.    Stamp  of  8  centavos,  red,  of  1SS0,  surcharged  in  black  diagonally 
in  capitals  wide  apart  (?).     (Page  33.) 

Austria. — Pneumatic  Envelope.     15  kreuzer  on  20  kr.,  grey,  surcharged 
in  blade.     (Page  188.) 


green.     ( 

Page  92.) 

pink. 

„     92.) 

blue.       ( 

„     92.) 

grey. 

„    92.) 

violet.     ( 

„     92.) 

pink. 

„    92.) 

5J 

„     92.) 

blue. 

(    „    92.) 

PHILATELIC    GAINS.  11 

Austrian  Levant. — New  Issue.     10  paras  on  3  kreuzer,  green. 

20         „        5 

1  piastre  on  10 

2  „  20 
5         „  50 

Post  Cards.  20  paras  on  5 

20  +  20         „        5  +  1 
Letter  Card.  1  piastre  on  10 

Azores. —  New  Type.     25  reis,  violet;  perf.  12,  surcharged  in  small  letters. 
(Pages  163,  200.) 

Bavaria. — Neio  watermark  of  close  horizontal  ivavy  lines;  perf.  14J. 

3  pfennig,  green.  (Page  6.) 

5       ,,         lilac.  (    ,,    6.) 

10       ,,         carmine.  (    ,,    6.) 

20       ,,         ultramarine-blue.     (    ,,    6.) 

25       ,,         pale  brown.  (    ,,    6.) 

50       ,,         dark  brown.  (    ,,    6.) 

Post  Card.     10  +  10       ,,         carmine  on  buff,  horizontal  wmk.  dated  87. 

(Page  34.) 
5       , ,         yellow-grn.  on  buff,  vertical  wmk.  dated  A  88. 
(Page  34.) 
Post  Cards  with  Arms  smaller,  and  in  escutcheon  in  place  of  an  oval. 
3       ,,         green,  horizontal  wmk.     (Page  147. 
5       ,,         violet  ,, 

3  +  3       ,,         green,  vertical  wmk. 
5  +  5       ,,         violet  ,, 

No  value,  black  on  dark  buff,  dated 

Belgium. — 1  centime,  reseda,  re-issue.     (Page  183.) 

Post  Cards.     5  +  5  centimes,  j7ellow-green  on  buff,  larger  size,  altered  in- 
scription.    (Page  164.) 
10  +  10  centimes,  carmine  on  azure,  larger  size,  altered  in- 
scription.    (Page  164.) 
10  centimes,  carmine  on  azure,  altered  inscription.   (Page  183. ) 

Brazil. — 100  reis,  mauve,  altered  die.  (Page  92.) 

1000    ,,     pearl-grey,  perf.  13,  new  type.     (    ,,    76.) 

British  Bechuanaland. — Stamps,  &c,  of  Cape  of  Good  Hope  surcharged 
in  black. 
5  shillings,  orange  ;  an  impostor.    (Page  200.) 
Registration  Envelopes.     4  pence,  blue.   Sizes  G,  I,  and  K.    (    ,,      34.) 

Stamps,  &c. ,  of  Great  Britain  surcharged  in  black. 
£1,  purple,  wmk.  "orbs"  (unappropriated  die),  perf.  13|.     (Page  77.) 
£5        „  „  .  (  „  )  „  (    „    77.) 

1  penny,  purple,  with  additional  surch.  of  "Id."  in  black.     (    ,,  149.) 

2  pence        ,,  „  „  "2d."  in  red.         (    ,,149.) 
2  pence        ,,                     .,               ,,            "  2d."  in  blue-green. 

Registration  Envelopes.     4  pence  surch.  on  2d.,  blue.     Sizes  G,  I,  and  K. 
(Page  53.) 

Protectorate. — Stamps  of  Great  Britain  surcharged  for  British  Bechuanaland 

surcharged  further  for  the  Protectorate. 
|  penny  on  |d.,  red,  (postage  stamp),  surcharged  "Protectorate."  (Page  129.) 


(  „ 

147.) 

(  „ 

147.) 

(  „ 

147.) 

(  „ 

200.) 

1  ,,       Id.,  purple  (unappd.  die),  surch.  "Protectorate"  and  "Id."  ( 

2  pence  on  2d.      „     (  „         )  „  ,,  "2d."  ( 

3  „        3d.      „     (  )  „  „  "3d."( 

4  „  4d.  „  (  )  „  „  "4d."( 
*  »  6d.  „  (  )  „  „  "6d."  ( 
1  shilling  on  Is.,  green (  ,,  )  ,,  ,,  ( 
2/6  on  2/6             „     (  )  ,,  „  ( 


129.) 
129.) 
129.) 
129.) 
129.) 
129.) 
129.) 


12  PHILATELIC    GAINS. 

5s.  on  5s.,  green  (unappd.  die),  surcharged  "Protectorate."         (Page  129.) 
10s.  on  10s.    .,     (,,),,  ,,  (    „    129.) 

^d.  on  Jd.,  red.  surcharged  "Protectorate  "  (nevj  type  of  surcharge).  (    „    201.) 
Registration  Envelopes.     4d.,  on  2d.,  blue.     Sizes  G,  I,  E.         (    „    164.) 

British  Honduras. — Surcharged  in  black  in  the  colony. 

2  cents  on  1  penny,  carmine,  wmk.  Crown  CA  ;  perf.  14.  (Page    34.) 
2         ,,       6  pence,  rose,  wink.  Crown  CC  .,       (    ,,    201.) 

2  „       6       ,,         „  ,,  perf.  12&.    '         (    „    201.) 

3  ,,       3       ,,      brown,  wmk.  Crown  CA ;  perf.  12*.     (    ,,    201.) 
3         ,..       3       „         „  „  perf.  14."      (    „    201.) 

10  „       4       „      mauve               „                         „  (  „  34.) 

20  ,,       6       ,,      orange-yellow  ,,                         ,,  (  ,,  34.) 

50  ,,       1  shilling,  slate-grey.  (  ,,  34.) 

2  ,,       1       ,,         resurcharged  in  red  (?).  (  ,,  93.) 

2  „       1       „                   ,,                  black  (error).  (  ,,  93.) 

1  cent  being  a  bisected  2  cents. 

1|    „                                  3      „  (  „  183.) 

Post  Card.     5  cents  on  one  penny  halfpenny,  red-brown  on  buff.  (  ,,  53.) 

Surcharged  in  black  in  Great  Britain. 

2  cents  on  1  penny,  carmine,  wmk.  Crown  CA  ;  perf.  14.     (Page  93.) 

3  „  3  pence,  brown  ,,  ,,  (  ,,  93.) 
10  •„  4  ,,  mauve  ,,  ,,  (  „  93.) 
20         ,,       6       ,,      orange-yellow       ,,                         ,, 

50         ,,       1  shilling,  slate-grey  ,,  ,,  (Page  183.) 

Post  Card  (new  issue).     5  cents,  brown  on  light  buff. 

British  Xorth  Borneo. — 5  cents,  grey,  postage  and  'revenue.     (Page  6.) 

Canada. — 2  cents,  green,  re-engra,ved  die.     (Page  34.) 

5      ,,      greenish-grey.  (    ,,    77.) 

10      ,,      carmine-red.  (    ,,    34.) 

2|    ,,     half  of  5  cents, vermilion.  (    ,,164.) 

Eegistration  Stamp.     2  cents,  vermilion-red;  perf.  12.     (Page  183.) 

Post  Card.  1  -f  1    cents,    green-grey  on   buff ;   altered  design   of 

stamp  (1).     (Page  34.) 
Official  Card.  Xo  value,  black  on  buff.     (Page  112.) 

Cape   of   Good   Hope. — Postage   stamps   surcharged  in  black    "  Military 
Telegraphs." 

6  pence,  purple,  wmk.  "Eoul  Anchor."  (Page  93.) 

1  shilling,  green,  wmk.  Crown  CC.  (    ,,    93.) 

Cashmere. — J  anna,  vermilion-red  on  pale  wove  whity-brown.  (Page  35.) 

f     ,,      yellow  on  thin  wove  paper.  (    ,,112.) 

\     ,,      slate-grey  on  thin  wove  paper.  (    ,,112.) 

|     ,,      ochre  on  thin  laid  paper.  (    ,,112.) 

Cattca. — 5  centavos  (?).     (Page  113.) 

Ceylon. — 2  cents  surch.  in  black  on  4  c,  rose,  wmk.  Crown  CA.    (Page  35.) 
2     ,,         ,,  ,,  ,,  ,,  surch.    in- 

verted.    (Page  53.) 
2  cents  surch.  in  black  on  4  c,  rose-lilac,  wmk.  Crown  C  A.  (Page  53,) 
2     ,,         ,,  ,,  ,,  ,,  surch.   in- 

verted.    (Page  53.) 
25  cents,  yellow-green.     (Page  112.) 
Envelope.     5  cents  on  4  cents,  blue,  neiv  surcharge.     (Page  165.) 

Chamda. — Indian  stamps,  &c,  surcharged  in  black  with  "  Chamba  State"" 

in  two  lines.     "  Sun,"  with  circular  halo. 

3  annas,  orauge.     (Page  149.) 

8       ,,      violet.       (    ,,     149., 

1  rupee,  grey.  (    ,,     149.) 


PHILATELIC    GAINS. 


13 


Service.  2  annas,  blue.       (Page  184. ) 

8       „      violet.     (    „    149.) 
Envelopes.  |  anna,  green,  "Sun"  with  circular  halo.  (Page  149.) 

1      ,,     brown       „  „  „     (    „    149.) 

PostCard.  J      „brn.onbuff„  „  „     (    „    149.) 

i  +  i     „        »  ,-  »  »     (    »    i84-) 

Registered  Envelope.     2  annas,  blue  on  white,  "  Sun  "  with  circular  halo. 
SizeF.     (Page  184.) 

Error  in  surcharges  of  1886,  8tate  for  State. 
^  anna,  green.  (Page  184.) 

1  ,,      purple-brown.     (    ,,    184.) 

2  annas,  blue.  (    ,,    184.) 
4       ,,      olive-green.        (    „    184.) 

Service.     £  anna,  green.  (    ,,    184.) 

1     ,,      purple-brown.      (    „    184.) 
4  annas,  olive-green.        (    ,,    184.) 

Cochin  China. — 15  on  30  centimes,  brown  on  bistre,  double  surcharge  in 
black.     (Page  78.) 
Unpaid  Letter  Stamps.     1  franc  on  60  cent.,  black,  surcharge  in  black. 
(Page  55.) 
20  c.  on  5  c,  black,  surcharge  in  black.  (Page  201.) 


20  c.  on  15  c. 


201. 


Colombia. — Cubierta.     50  centavos,  pink,  altered  inscription.     (Page  53.) 
Official  Cubierta.     No  value,  vermilion  and  black  on  white  ;  new  type. 
"(Page  53.) 
See  Antioquia,  Cauca,  Panama,  Santander,  and  Tolima. 

Congo. — PostCard.     15  centimes,  orange-red  on  terra-cotta.     (Page  77.) 

Costa  Rica. — 5   centavos,    violet-blue,    surcharged    "Oficial"    in    Roman 
capitals  in  black.     (Page  113.) 
10  centavos,  orange,  surcharged  "  Oficial "  in  Roman  capitals 

in  black.     (Page  113.) 
See  Guanacaste. 


Cuba. — i  mila  de  peso,  black,  "cuba  impresos  ;"  perf.  14. 
1 


perf.  14. 


Page  6. ) 

„  6.) 

„  6.) 

»  6.) 

,,  6.) 

„  6.) 

„  6.) 

,,  6.) 

»  6.) 

Danish  West  Indies. — 1  cent,  centre  rose,  frame  yellow-green.    (Page  149.) 

Denmark. — New  Issue. 

Post  Cards.  3  ore,  grey  on  white.     (Page  167.) 


2  mils         , 

,           ,, 

3     „ 

>           >> 

>» 

4     „ 

>           >> 

>> 

8     „ 

»           >> 

,, 

1\  cents     , 

,       red-brown, 

"  CUBA 

10       „         , 

,       blue 

j> 

20       ,, 

,       lilac-grey 

»> 

5    „ 

green    ,, 

( 

,    167.) 

Reply  Cards.     3  +  3    ,, 

grey      „ 

( 

,    167.) 

5  +  5    „ 

green    , , 

( 

,    167.) 

Service  Cards.         3    ,, 

grey     „ 

( 

,    167.) 

5    „ 

green   „ 

( 

,    167.) 

Letter  Cards.           4    ,, 

blue  on  buff 

( 

,    167.) 

8    ,, 

carmine  on  buff  ( 

,    167.) 

Locals.    (Page  165.) 

Dominica. — 1\  pence,  French  blue;  wmk.  Crown  C A  ;  perf.  14.  (Page  184.) 
6        „      green  ,,  „  „         (    „    184.) 

6        ,,      yellowish-brown  ,,  ,,  ,,         (    ,,    201.) 


14  PHILATELIC    GAINS. 

Dutch  Indies. — Unpaid  Letter  Stamp.     30  cents,  rose  and  black  ;  perf.  12. 
New  value.     (Page  167.) 
Envelope.       15  on  25  cents,  violet,  surch.  in  black.   (Page  167.) 
Post  Card.      !\  cents,  brown  on  white.    New  issue.  (    ,,      54.) 

Egypt. — New  values.     5  milliemes,  carmine.     (Page  35.) 

Unpaid  Letter  Stamps.     2  milliemes,  green  ;  perf.  11|.  (Page  6.) 

5         „  carmine      ,,  (    ,,  6.) 

1  piastre        blue  ,,  (    ,,  6.) 

2  „  yellow         „  (    „      6.) 
5      „             grey            ,,  (    „      6.) 

PostCards.  5  milliemes,  red-brown  on  buff    (    ,,    35.) 

5  +  5         ,,  carmine  on  buff        (    ,,    35.) 
Official  Stamps.     No  value,  pale  blue.     (Page  35. ) 

Faridkot. — Local  Issue.     £  anna  (1881),  green.     (Page  167.) 
i     „  „      black      (    „    167.) 

|     ,,     green;  perf.  12  (    ,,    184.) 
£     „     blue  „       (    „    184.) 

Type  of  1883.  J    „     black  „      (    „    184.) 

i    „     brick  „       (    „    184.) 

i     „     blue  „       (    „    184.) 

J     „     green  ,,       (    ,,    184.) 

Type  of  1883.  New  die.   ±    „     blue  „       (    „    167.) 

£    ,,     dull  blue     ,,       (    ,,    167.) 
Type  of  1883.  New  die.    £     „     vermilion    „       (    ,,    201.) 
Indian  stamps,  &c. ,  surcharged  for  this  State. 
i  anna,  green,  with  error  in  surcharge.     (Page  184.) 
2  annas,  blue  ,,  ,,  (    ,,    184.) 

Service,     i  anna,  green  ,,  ,,  (    ,,    184.) 

Reply  Post  Card.  £  +  ^  anna,  red-brown  on  buff ;  Arms  in  black.  (Page  201.) 

Finland.— 10  kopeck,  pink  (1869)  ;  imperf.     (Page  129.) 

Formosa.— 20  (cash),  green  ;  perf.  14£  (?).     (Pages  108,  129.) 
20       „      red  „       (?).     (      „     108,  129.) 

Public  Stamps.  Value  in  blank,  red  and  black  on  yellowish  laid.  (Page  185.) 
Official  Stamps.    Value  in  blank,  red  and  black  on  plain  white.  (    ,,     185.) 

French  Colonies. — Letter  Cards.  15  centimes,  blue  on  drab-grey.   (Page  77.) 

15         ,,         blue  on  pale  blue. 
25         ,,         black  on  pink.    (Page  77.) 
See  Annam  and  Tonkin,  Cochin-China,  French  Guiana,  and  Martinique. 

French  Guiana. — 5  c.  sur.  on  30  c,  brown  (1872),  dated  Dec.  1887.  (Page  35.) 

5  c.         „  „      (1877),         „  „      (    „    35.) 

5  c.         „  „      (1872),  dated  Feb.,  1888  (    ,,    54.) 

10  c.         ,,    75  c,  pink  (1877),         „  ,,      (    ,,    54.) 

Gambia. — 4  pence,  dark-brown  ;  wmk.  Crown  C  A  ;  perf.  14.     (Page  150.) 

Gibraltar. — Registration  Envelope.     2  pence,  red.     Size  F.     (Page  36.) 

Gold  Coast. — Registration  Envelopes  of  Great  Britain,  with  Cartouch  em- 
bossed above  the  stamp.     Sizes  F  and  H  2.     (Page  201.) 

Great  Britain. — 1  pound,  violet-brown  ;  wnnk.  "orbs"  (error).  (Page  169.) 
Official.     £  penny,  vermilion-red,  surcharged  in  black.  (    ,,       94.) 

Government  Parcels.  1^  pence,  purple  and  green,  surch.  in  black.  (    ,,      78.) 

6  ,,      purple-brown  and  red         „  (    ,,      78.) 
"Wrapper.      Halfpenny,  red-brown  on  whity-brown  paper.     New  instruc- 
tions.    (Page  150.) 

penny,  red- brown  on  buff   and  on  white.      New  type  of 
Arms.     (Page  168.) 

Registration  Envelope.     2  pence,  blue.     Size  I.     Maker's  name  in  black. 

78.) 


PHILATELIC    GAINS. 


15 


Greece. — New  type. 


1  lepton,  brown. 

5  lepta,  green. 
10     ,,      yellow. 
20     ,,      carmine. 
40     ,,      lilac. 


(Page  36.) 
(  „  36.) 
(  „  95.) 
(  „  36.) 
(    „    95.) 


Grenada. — 4d.  surch.  on  2s.  fiscal,  orange  and  green.   2  varieties.  (Page    54.) 
4d.         ,,  ,,  ,,  Double  surch.  (    ,,    150.) 

4d.         ,,  ,,  ,,  Surch.  reversed.  (    „     150.) 

Guanacaste. — 5  centavos,  violet-blue,  of  Costa  Rica,  surcharged  in  black 
(2  varieties).     (Page  113.) 

Guatemala. — 2  centavos,  sur.  in  black  on  1  peso, red  (railway  type).  (Page  169.) 


169.) 


Haiti. — Second  transfer,  with  larger  numerals. 
Post  Card.     No  value,  rose  on  cream. 


(Page  95.) 
(    „    55.) 


(Page  95.) 


( 

,, 

95.) 

( 

J  J 

95.) 

( 

5> 

95.) 

( 

>> 

95.) 

( 

J  ) 

95.) 

( 

>? 

95.) 

( 

5  > 

95.) 

( 

,, 

95.) 

Holland. — Letter  Card.     5  cents,  blue  on  white.     (Page  185.) 

Hungary.     New  Issue. 

1  kreuzer,  black  on  white,  numeral  black. 

8        ,,       orange-yellow  on  orange  lines  ;  numeral  black. 
12         ,,       brown  on  green  „  ,, 

15        ,,       lake-red  on  blue  ,,  ,, 

24         ,,       puce  on  pink  ,,  ,, 

30        ,,       olive  on  purple-brown         ,,  ,, 

50         ,,       vermilion  on  orange  ,,  ,, 

1  florin,  blue- grey  on  silver  lines  ;  numeral  red 

3      ,,      violet  on  gold  ,,  „ 

Despatch  Letter  Card.     35  kreuzer,  dark  blue  on  buff.     (Page  113.) 

India. — 12  annas,  purple-brown  on  red;  altered  title,  wmk.  star;  perf.  14. 
(Page  95.) 
Service.     2  annas,  French  blue,  surcharged  in  black.  (Page  79.) 

J  anna,  blue,  surcharged  "  Service  "  icpside  down.     (    ,,    169.) 

Italy. — 2  lire,  orange,  surcharged  in  black  with  "Estero."    (Page  114.) 
Segnatasse.     50  centesimi,  yellow  and  carmine  (1870),  inverted  numerals. 
(Page  169.) 

Jamaica. — "Wrapper.    ^  penny,  green  on  whity-brown.    (Page  150.) 

Japan. — 1  sen,  green,  perforated  14. 


10 
15 

20 
50 
New  values 

Envelopes. 


bistre  ,,  13  and  13 J. 

lilac  ,,  13J. 

brown-ochre,  perforated  13|-. 

purple,  perforated  13^. 

orange  ,,         13^  and  13. 

red-brown     ,,  „ 

25  sen,  emerald-green,  perforated  13. 

1  yen,  scarlet  ,, 

2  sen,  olive,  size  208  x  75  mm. ;  bag-shape 


(Pa 
( 

ge  150.) 
,    150.) 

( 

( 
( 
( 

,    150.) 
,    150.) 
,    150.) 
,    150.) 

( 

,    150.) 

( 
( 

ipe. 

,    150.) 
,    150.) 

(Page  150.) 

2          ,,  size  135  x  86  mm.;  ordinary  shape,     (     ,,    150.) 

Lagos. — 6  pence,  purple,  wmk.  Crown  CA  ;  perf.  14 J.  (Page  55.) 
Liberia. — Post  Card.  3  cents,  red  and  blue  on  white.  (Page  169.) 
Luxemburg. — Post  Cards.  5  centimes,  yel.-grn.  on  buff, altered  title.  (Page  151.) 

55 


5  +  5 
10 


pink  on  buff 


151.) 
151.) 


Martinique. - 


-1  cent,  surch.  in  black  on  20  c,  brick-red  on  green. 
1  ,,  ,,  2c,  brown  on  yellow. 

1  ,,  ,,  4c,  violet  on  blue. 

5  ,,  ,,  20  c,  brick-red  on  green. 


(Page  94.) 
(  „  168.) 
(  „  168.) 
(     „  168.) 


16 


PHILATELIC    GAINS. 


Mexico. 


-1  centavo,  green  on  white  paper  ;  perforated  6. 
2  centavos,  carmine-red  on  paper  ruled  blue  ;  perf.  6. 


(Page 

(     „ 
(     ., 


7.) 

79.) 
7.) 
79.) 
7.) 
79.) 
79.) 
79.) 


o         ,,        blue 

5         ,,        blue  ,,  ,,      perf.  12 h.  ( 

5         ,,        blue  on  bluish-white  paper;  perf.  6.  ( 

10         ,,        vermilion-red  on  plain  paper ;  perf.  6.  ( 

10         ,,  ,,  paper  lined  blue ;  perf.  6.    ( 

10         ,,  ,,  „  perf.  12*.  ( 

20         ,,        red  ;  perforated  11.     (Page  151.) 
25         „  „  (    „    151.) 

Official  Stamp.     Xo  value,  green  on  white  ;  'perf.  6.     (Page  36.) 
Envelopes.    10  centavos,  brown-violet  on  white  wove,  blue  inside.  (Page  151.) 
20        ,,        dark  brown  ,,  ,,  (     „    151.) 

10        ,,        vermilion-red  on  white  ;  wmk.  Arms.    (     „    186.) 
Official  Envelope.     Xo  value,  inscription  in  red.     (Page     7.) 
Envelopes  of  Wells,  Fargo,  and  Co.  (     „     79.) 

Monaco. — Letter  Card.     25  centimes,  black  an  pink.     (Page  79.) 

Montenegro. — Post  Cards.     2  novcics,  red  on  buff.  (Page 

9.J-9  ( 

3       ,,        black  on  light  blue.    (    ,, 
o  ~r  o         ,,  ,,  ,,  (     „ 

3       ,,        black  on  sea-green.     ( 


J.) 
*.) 

8.) 
55.) 


Reply  Card. 
Post  Card. 
Centenary  Issue. 


3-r3       ,,  ,,  ,,  (    „    55.) 

Xatal. — 1  shilling,  orange,  wmk.  Crown  CA  ;  Postage  in  red.     (Page  79.) 

Xew  South  Wales. — 2  pence,  blue,  wmk.  N.S.W.  on  Duty  Stamp  paper. 
(Page  8.) 
3  pence,  green  (1854),  wmk.  2,  error.     (Page  169.) 
1  shilling,  green,  type  1876,  wmk.  Crown  X.S.W., 
iiot  issued.     (Page  95.) 
1  —  1  penny,  rose  on  card  tinted  pink.       (Page  114.) 
1  pennv,  carmine  on  white,  new  design.    (     ,,        8.) 
1      ,,  *    lilac,  wmk.  Crown  N.S.W.;  perf.  12.   (Page  130.) 
1      ,,       mauve,  wmk.  N.S.W.  on  Stamp  Duty  paper. 

(Page  186.) 
1  penny,  violet,  wmk.  Crown  X.S.W.     (Page  202.) 

1  ,,       violet,   wmk.    X.S.W.   on  Stamp  Duty  paper. 
(Page  202.) 

2  pence,  light  blue,  wmk.  X.S.W. ;  perf.  12.    (Page  169.) 
4      „      brown  „  „  (     „     202.) 

20  shillings.  French  blue,  wmk.  "5s. ;"  perf.  10.  (  „  114.) 
1  penny,  violet,  surcharged  O.S.  in  black.  (  „  169.) 
1       „       mauve,  on  white  laid,  with  straight-cut  flap. 

(Page  202.) 
1  pennv,  mauve,  on  white  laid,  with  tongue-shaped  flap. 

(Page  202.) 
1  penny,  mauve  on  cream-coloured  card.     (Page  186.) 

New  Zealand. — Official  Label.     Xo  value,  black  on  various.     (Page  202.) 

Nicaragua. — New  value.     50  centavos,  lilac;  perf.  12.     (Page  203.) 
Envelopes.     5  centavos,  blue  on  cream  laid. 
10         ,,         violet  on  blue  laid. 


Official. 
Envelopes 


Post  Card. 


Norway. — 2  ore,  surcharged  in  black  on  12  ore,  russet. 
Post  Cards.     3  ore,  surchd.  in  black  on   6    ,,         ,, 

3    ,,    orange  on  white,  wmk.  post-horns. 
3  +  3    ,,  ,,  ,, 

5    „    green     ,, 
Locals.  Pages  114,  170,  203. 

Xowan'ugger. — 2  docra,  black  on  blue-green  wove  paper. 
2      ,,      black  on  pale  blue. 


203.) 
(  „  203.) 
(Page  114.) 
(  „  H4.) 
(  „  Hi.) 
(  „  151.) 
(    »     186.) 

(Page   55.) 
(    n    1S6.) 


PHILATELIC    GAINS.  17 

Orange  Free  State. — 2  pence  on  3d.,  blue,  surch.  in  black.        (Page  187.) 

2  „  „  „     variety.   (    „     203.) 

Panama. — New  values.  2  centavos,  black  on  pink  paper ;  perf.  13|.  (Page  112.) 

20         „  „        lilac  „  (    „    112.) 

50        „  „        bistre  „  (    „    165.) 

Persia. — 3  on  5  shahis,  green,  sur.  Officiel,  with  numeral  in  black.  (Page  36.) 

6  on  10    „      orange  ,,  ,,  ,,  (    „    36.) 

8  on  50  cents,  black  ,,  ,,  ,,  (    „    36.) 

Wrapper.        1  shahi,  carmine  on  manilla,  surcharged  in  black.     (    „    36.) 

Envelopes.     6  shahis,  rose  on  white  „  „  (    „    36.) 

12      ,,       violet  on  white  „  „  (    „    36.) 

Peru. — Post  Card.    2  centavos  on  5  cent,  surcharge  in  blue-black.    (Page  96.) 

Philippines. — 50  mils,  pale  bistre  (1887) ;  perf.  14.  (Pages  96,  115.) 

New  Series.     1  cent  de  peso,  green  ;  perf.  14.  (Page  8.) 

5  ,,  slate-blue ;  perf.  14.  (    „     8.) 

6  ,,           yell. -brown        ,,  (    „     8.) 
8            ,,                    ,,                »  (    j,     8.) 

Provisionals.    8  cent,  surch.  in  crim.-lake  on  2f  c.  de  peso,  blue.  (Page   36.) 

3  „  „  „  „        error  (    „    203.) 

2f  cmos.  on  1  c.  de  peso,  green,  surch.  in  carmine.  (    „    152.) 

2|         „       5         „  blue  „  (    „    203.) 

2£        „     50  mils,  olive  (telegraph)      ,,  (    „    203.) 

2|        ,,      1  c.  de  peso,  bistre  „  ,,  (    „    203.) 

Poonch. — £  anna,  pink  on  white  laid  batonne  paper.     (Page   36.) 
black  „  „  (    „    187.) 


j?                   »                  j?  (  »  187.) 

»                   ?j                  5?  (  »  187.) 

«                  j)                  »  (  »  187.) 

»                   »                  »  (  »  187.) 
Portugal. — 5  reis,  black.                (Page  37.) 
300     ,,    bright  violet.     (    ,,    37.) 

Prince  Edward  Island. — 3  cents,  pink;  variety  in  inscription.  (Page  37.) 

Roumania. — 3  bani,  violet  on  white.     (Page  8.) 
Unpaid  Letter  Stamps.     5  bani,  green.     (Page  37.) 
30     „         „         (    „    37.) 

Russia. — 1  kopeck,  orange  ;  modified  shade.     (Page  56.) 

2  kopecks,  yellow-green.  (    ,,     56.) 

3  ,,        carmine ;  modified  shade.  (    ,,    56.) 
Envelope.     7  kopecks,  blue  on  cream;  new  size.     (Page  56.) 
Locals.          Pages  55,  79,  115,  171,  204. 

St.  Christopher. — 1  penny  on  2|d.,  blue  ;  surcharge  in  letters  of  3  mm. 
(Page  97.) 
1  penny  on  2^d.,  blue  ;  surcharge  in  letters  of  3  mm. 

reversed.     (Page  97.) 
1  penny  on  2£d.,  blue  ;  surcharge  in  letters  of  2  mm. 
(Page  97.) 
St.  Helena. — 1  penny,  red  and  black ;  wmk.  Crown  CA  ;  perf.  14.   (Page  204.) 
St.  Lucia. — Registered  Envelope.     2  pence,  blue.     Size  G.     (Page  37.) 

Salvador. — Envelope  (1887).     5  centavos,  on  yellow  laid,  surch.  in  black. 
(Page  172.) 
New  Issue.     5  centavos,  blue,  rouletted.     (Page  187.) 
Samoa. — 6  pence,  violet-brown;  wmk.  N.  Z.  and  Star;  perf.  13.  New  value. 

(Page  37.) 
Santander. — New  Type.     5  centavos,  brick-red  ;  imperforate.     (Page    8. ) 
10         ,,         violet  „  (    „    58.) 

Selangor. — 2  cents,  rose  ;  new  variety  of  surcharge.     (Page  59.) 


18 


PHILATELIC    GAINS. 


Shanghai. — 20  cash  on  40  cash,  brown,  surch.  in  greenish-blue.     (Page  37.) 
20     ,,  ,,  ,,         ,,  ,,  surcharge  re- 

versed.    (Page  97.) 
20  cash  on  80  cash,  flesh,  surch.  in  greenish-blue.     (Page  37.) 
20     ,,  ,,  ,,  ,,  ,,  surcharge  re- 

versed.    (Page  80.) 
20  cash  on  100  cash,  yellow,  surch.  in  greenish-blue.     (Page  131.) 


New  Series. 


20 
40 
60 
80 
100 


Page  80.) 
,  152.) 
,  80.) 
,  152.) 
,  152.) 

surcharged   in   black   O.S. 


37.) 


grey  ;  perforated  15. 

black 

pink 

yellow-green 

light  blue 

South  Australia. — Official.      6  pence,   blue 
(Page  131.) 

Stellaland.— 4  pence,  blue,  surcharged  twee  in  lake-red.     (Pages  9,  37.) 

Straits  Settlements. — 96  cents,  greenish-grey;  wmk.  Crown  CA;  perf. 
14.     (Page  152.) 
See  Selangor. 

Sweden. — Envelope.     10  ore,  carmine  ;  altered  flap.     (P 
Locals.  Pages  173,  187. 

Switzerland. — Post  Cards.     Variation  in  inscription. 

5  centimes,  black  on  buff.     (Page  174.) 

5  +  5        „  „  „        (    „    174.) 

10         „        pink  „        (    „    174.) 

Tasmania. — Frank  Stamps.    Secretary-General  Post-office,  black. 
Electric  Telegraph,  blue. 
See  Austria,  Cape  of  Good  Hope. 

10  centavos,  green  ;  imperforate.     (Page 
50        „         blue  „  (    „ 

5        ,,         brick-red  ;  perforated  10|. 
10         „         green  „ 

50        ,,        blue  ,, 

1  peso,  light  brown  „ 

5  centavos,  bistre. 
10        ,,         vermilion. 
50        ,,         blue. 

Travancore. — 1  Chuckram  =  \  anna,  French-blue;  perf.  12.     (Page  188.) 
2         „  =1     „      vermilion-red        ,,  (    ,,     188.) 

4         „  =2     „      green  „  (    „     188.) 

Post  Card.       8  cash  =|     ,,  orange-redon yellowish-white.  (Page  188.) 

(Page  116.) 


(Page  187.) 


Telegraph  Stamps. 
Tolima. — New  Type. 


Cubiertas. 


( 

9.) 
9.) 


187.) 


188.) 
188.) 
188.) 
188.) 


15 

25 
40 

75 


Post  Cards.        10  centimes, 

10  +  10 
Letter  Cards.     15        ,, 

25         „ 
Envelopes.  5        ,, 

15 


Tunis. — 1  centime,  black  on  blue. 

2  centimes,  brown  on  yellow.  ( 

5         ,,         green  on  light  green.      ( 

blue  on  grey -blue.  ( 

black  on  pink.  ( 

vermilion  on  yellow.      ( 

carmine  on  pink.  ( 

5  francs,  violet  on  pale  mauve.         ( 

Note. — The  above  series  appeared  imperforate,  but  immediately  after  came 

to  band  perforated  13|.     It   is   probable,   therefore,   that   the   imperforate 

specimens  are  essays. 

black  on  pale  buff, 
black  on  pale  blue, 
blue  on  grey, 
black  on  pink, 
green  on  white, 
blue  on  light  blue. 


116.) 
116.) 
116.) 
116.) 
116.) 
116.) 
116.) 


(Pages  117,  189.) 
(Page  117.) 
(  „  H7.) 
(  „  H7.) 
(  „  H7.) 
(    „    H7.) 


PHILATELIC    GAINS.  19 

Altered  die.         1  centime,  black  on  violet-blue;  imperforate.  (Page  204.) 

5  centimes,  green  on  pale  green             ,,  (    ,,    204.) 

1  franc,  bronze-green  on  green.  (    ,,    189.) 

Turkey. — New  Series.     5  paras,  green  on  yellow  ;  perf.  13J.  (Page  59. ) 

2  piastres,  purple  on  pale  blue  „  (  ,,    59.) 

5         ,,       brown  on  grey            ,,  (  ,,    59.) 

25         ,,       carmine  on  yellow     ,,  (  ,,    59. ) 

Unpaid  Letter  Stamps.     20  paras,  black  on  white        ,,  (  ,,    59.) 

1  piastre     ,,               „          „  (  ,,    59.) 

2  ,,  ,,  ,,  i)  (    j>     59.) 
United  States. — 2  cents,  red-brown  (Washington),  on  laid  paper  ;  perf.  12. 

(Page  204.) 

4  cents,  vermilion,  perforated  12.  (Page  205.) 

5  „  dark  blue  (Grant)  ;  perf.  12.  (  „  59.) 
30  ,,  chestnut-brown  ,,  (  ,,  59.) 
90       ,,     bright  violet                    ,,  (    ,,      81.) 

Envelope.  2  cents,  green  ;  new  die.     (Page  117.) 

Letter  Card.  2      ,,         ,,       series  2.      (    ,,    131.) 

Officially  Sealed.     Modified  colour .  („     174.) 

Special  Delivery.     10  cents,  blue  ;  perf.  12  ;  new  inscription.     (Page  205.) 
Uruguay. — New  Issue.     1  centesimo,  dull  green  ;  rouletted.     (Page  9.) 
2  centesimos,  carmine  ,,  (    ,,    9.) 

5  „  blue  „  (    „    9.) 

7  ,,  orange-red         ,,  (    ,,    9.) 

10  ,,      violet  (new  type)  ,,  (    ,,    9.) 

"  20  ,,  brown  ,,  (    „    9.) 

25  ,,  vermilion-red    ,,  (    „     9.) 

Post  Card.  2  „  blue  on  white.  (    ,,  38.) 

Letter  Card.  3  ,,  green  on  white ;  new  type.    (Page  81.) 

5  centimos,  blue  ;  lith.  and  rouletted. 
Venezuela. — 25  centimos,  pale  brown  (type  1882),  lithographed ;  perf.  llj. 
(Page  10.) 
Escuelas.     5  centimos,  pale  green  (new  type),  rouletted.     (Page  10.) 

10        ,,         brown  (type  of  1881),  engraved ;  perf.  12.  (Page  10.) 
25         ,,         orange-yellow  (type of  1882), lithographed;  perf.  11^. 
(Page  10.) 
1  Bolivar,  brick-red  (type  of  1881),  lithographed ;  perf.  ll£. 

(Page  81.) 
3  Bolivars,  violet  (type  of  1881),  lithographed ;  roul.    (Page  81.) 
3         „         slate-violet  (1881)  ;  perf.  12.     (Page  175.) 
10        ,,         brown  (1881)  ;  perf.  12.     (Page  175.) 
Victoria. — Frank  Stamps.     Public  Works  (new  type).     (Page  38.) 
Minister  of  Mines.     '  (    ,,189.) 

Virgin  Islands.     6  pence,  slate  ;  lomh.  Croxon  CA;  perf.  14.     (Page  81.) 
4      ,,  surch.in  violet  on  Is.,  carmine  and  black.  (Page  175.) 
Post  Card.  1  penny,  carmine  on  buff.     (Page  81.) 

Wadhwan. — h  pice,  black  on  white,  rouletted.     (Page  174.)  (?) 
West  Australia. — 1  penny,  yellow-brown  ;  wmk.  Crown  C  A  ;  perf.  12\. 
(Page  59.) 
2  pence,  yellow ;  wmk.  Crown  C  A ;  perf.  12\.    (Page  59. ) 
Zululand. — Postage  stamps  of  Great  Britain  surcharged  in  black. 


i  penny 

,  red. 

(Page 

205.) 

1       „ 

purple. 

( 

> 

81.) 

2  pence, 

green  and  pink. 

( 

, 

81.) 

3       „ 

purple-brown  on  yellow. 

( 

, 

81.) 

4       „ 

green  and  brown. 

( 

, 

81.) 

6       „ 

purple-brown  on  red. 

( 

, 

81.) 

Postage  stamp  ot  Natal  surcharged 

in  b 

lack. 

2  penny 

,  green. 

20  PHILATELIC   SOCIETY    OF   LONDON. 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON. 


COMMITTEE  FOR  THE  YEAR  1888-89. 

President. — F.  A.  Philbrick,  Q.C. 

Vice-President.— T.  K.  Tapling,  M.P. 

Secretary. — D.  Garth. 

Treasurer  and  Librarian.    C.  N.  Biggs. 

Dr.  C.  W.  Viner.      |       M.  P.  Castle.        |      E.  D.  Bacon. 

J.  A.  Tilleard.       j        A.  W.  Chambers. 

The  fifth  meeting  of  the  season  1888-89  was  held  at  the  Salisbury  Hotel, 
Fleet  Street,  on  Friday,  the  14th  December,  188S,  at  7.30  p.m.,  eleven 
members  being  present,  including  the  Vice-President,  who  occupied  the 
chair.  The  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting  were  read,  and  duly  confirmed. 
A  letter  was  then  read,  received  from  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon,  tendering  his 
resignation  of  the  post  of  Secretary  to  the  Society,  on  the  ground  that  he 
found  himself  precluded  from  devoting  in  the  future  the  time  necessary  for 
the  proper  fulfilment  of  the  duties.  The  Assistant-Secretary  moved  that 
Mr.  Bacon's  resignation  be  accepted  with  extreme  regret,  and  that  a  vote  of 
thanks  be  recorded  for  the  valuable  service  he  had  rendered  to  the  Society. 
The  motion  was  seconded  by  Dr.  Viner,  and  carried  unanimously.  Owing  to 
a  protracted  discussion  upon  matters  of  no  public  interest,  no  other  business 
was  taken.  

The  sixth  meeting  of  the  season  188S-89  was  held  at  the  Salisbury  Hotel, 
Fleet  Street,  on  Friday,  the  4th  January,  1889,  at  7.30  p.m.,  fourteen 
members  being  present.  In  the  absence  of  the  President  and  Vice-President, 
Mr.  M.  P.  Castle  occupied  the  chair,  and  the  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting 
were  read  and  duly  confirmed.  On  the  motion  of  the  Chairman,  seconded 
by  Mr.  Klein  wort,  Mr.  D.  Garth,  the  Assistant- Secretary  to  the  Society,  was 
appointed  to  be  Secretary  in  the  place  of  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon,  resigned  ;  and 
on  the  motion  of  the  Chairman,  seconded  by  Mr.  A.  W.  Chambers,  Mr.  C. 
N.  Biggs  was  elected  as  Treasurer  to  the  Society.  Several  technical  amend- 
ments to  the  Society's  statutes,  arising  out  of  these  changes  amongst  the 
officers  of  the  Society,  were  under  discussion,  and  the  subject  was  finally 
referred  to  a  Sub-Committee,  consisting  of  the  Secretary,  Mr.  Chambers, 
and  Mr.  Tilleard,  who  undertook  to  submit  a  report  to  the  next  meeting  of 
the  Society  upon  the  amendments  deemed  necessary.  The  following  gentle- 
men were  duly  elected  members  of  the  Society  :  Mr.  W.  Masterman,  pro- 
posed by  Mr.  Tilleard,  seconded  by  the  Vice-President ;  the  Rev.  R.  Bereus, 
proposed  by  the  Secretary,  seconded  by  Mr.  Tilleard ;  Mr.  E.  W.  Marshall, 
proposed  by  Mr.  Bacon,  seconded  by  the  Vice-President ;  Mr.  Ernest  F. 
Stearns,  proposed  by  Mr.  Tilleard,  seconded  by  the  Secretary;  Mr.  A. 
Ludwig,  proposed  by  Mr.  Kleinwort,  seconded  by  Mr.  Bacon  ;  and  Mr.  F. 
C.  Van  Dazer,  proposed  by  Mr.  Tilleard,  seconded  by  the  Secretary.  No 
other  business  was  taken. 


Stanley,  Gibbons  &  Co.,  8,  Gower  Street,  London,  W.C. 


Sto  | hihtt}uL  ^tG\i 


Vol.  XI.  FEBRUARY,  1889.  No.  122. 


N"  our  younger  days  the  Postmaster- General  was  only 
regarded  as  an  ornament.  His  name  was  never  men- 
tioned for  the  best  of  reasons,  that  it  was  scarcely  even 
known.  He  might  (for  anything  that  was  known  to  the 
contrary)  be  the  head  of  the  establishment,  but  the  real 
one  appeared  to  be  Sir  Francis  Freeling,  whose  name 
was  as  well  known  as  that  of  another  distinguished  alliterative 
functionary  of  those  days,  Mr.  Matthew  Marshal],  who  was  sup- 
posed to  be  the  incarnation  of  the  Bank  of  England,  or  else  to 
be  enormously  rich,  inasmuch  as  so  many  were  promising  to 
pay  him.  Tempora  mutantur,  nos  et  mutamur  in  litis.  Mail- 
coaches,  with  their  few  hundredweight  of  shilling  letters,  have 
been  superseded  by  railway-carriages,  with  their  tons  of  penny 
ones.  The  Postmaster-General,  who  enjoyed  himself  in  the  serene 
atmosphere  of  the  Upper  House,  has  since  1866  been  chosen 
from  the  Lower  House,  and  has  not  only  to  show  himself  to  be 
more  than  a  fiction,  but  is  expected  to  work  hard,  and  to  be 
badgered  with  questions  even  down  to  how  it  came  to  pass  that 
a  miserable  walking-stick  was  lost  in  the  post.  The  Postmaster- 
General  has  indeed  become  a  reality.  Upwards  of  100,000  men, 
women,  and  boys  are  employed  in  his  establishment,  more  than 
half  of  whom  are  on  the  permanent  staff,  and  most  of  the  business 
is  reckoned  by  millions. 

But  his  work  is  not  confined  to  being  the  commander-in-chief 
of  this  little  army,  he  has  other  and  even  more  important  duties, 
and  among  these  he  has  to  provide  means  of  transport  for  all  the 
communications  committed  to  his  care  in  the  quickest  manner  and 
at  the  least  possible  cost.  It  certainly  cannot  be  laid  to  the  charge 
of  the  present  holder  of  the  office  that  he  shrinks  from  labour, 
and  that  in  the  right  direction.     Within  the  last  few  weeks  he  has 


22 


THE    PHILATELIC    RECORD. 


considerably  extended  the  benefits  of  insurance  of  correspondence 
and  parcels  from  loss,  and  has  established  a  cheaper  rate  of  postage — 
though  not  quite  so  low  as  he  expected  to  obtain — between  the 
mother  country  and  the  Australian  Colonies,  while  post  cards  have 
also  been  made  an  available  means  of  communication. 

Eeading  the  evidence  given  before  the  committee  on  the  Eevenue 
Departments  Estimates,  it  is  not  difficult  to  see  from  the  questions 
put  by  the  Postmaster-General  that  he  is  also  desirous  of  relieving 
the  Inland  Eevenue  Department  from  the  work  of  supplying  the 
Post  Office  with  postage  stamps,  and  allowing  it  to  manufacture 
its  own  wares.  We  have  always  held  that  this  will  be  another  step 
in  the  right  direction,  and  when  it  is  done  we  shall  probably  soon 
find  that  the  price  of  inland  post  cards  will  be  reduced  by  fresh 
arrangements  with  Messrs.  De  La  Eue  &  Co.,  which  it  appears  from 
the  correspondence  lately  published  they  are  prepared  to  make. 
One  passage  in  their  offer  seems  open  to  great  objection,  where  it  is 
said  that  were  the  present  contract  for  post  cards  to  be  terminated, 
good  cards  could  be  supplied,  which,  sold  at  7d.  per  dozen,  would 
leave  a  "good  profit  to  the  Post  Office."  We  hold  that  the  Post 
Office  has  no  right  to  make  a  profit  in  this  way.  It  ought  to  sell 
the  cards  at  the  facial  value,  as  in  other  countries ;  but  if  this  would 
raise  a  howl  on  the  part  of  that  busy-body,  the  Association  of 
Stationers,  let  them  at  all  events  be  sold  in  certain  quantities  at 
the  price  of  production.  A  far  more  effectual  sop  would  be  offered 
to  these  makers  and  vendors  of  pasteboard  who  fancy  that 
their  craft  is  in  danger  by  allowing  the  public  to  send  a 
card  of  the  regulation  size  and  weight  with  an  adhesive  stamp 
on  it.  Provided  a  card  is  in  the  nature  of  a  circular,  and  does 
not  exceed  18x9  inches!  it  can  now  go  free  by  affixing  an 
adhesive  stamp  of  Jd.  upon  it.  What  valid  reason  can  there  be 
why  the  public  generally  should  not  be  permitted  to  send  a 
card  not  larger  than  5x3  inches  with  an  adhesive  stamp  passes 
comprehension  !  We  can  understand  the  busy-body,  to  which  we 
have  before  referred,  raising  a  cry  against  the  adoption  of  the 
foreign  invention  of  letter  cards — things  which  seem  to  be  rather 
useless  and  very  disagreeable  to  use,  if  we  are  supposed  to  have  to 
lick  the  whole  line  of  perforation — but  if  the  Post  Office  sells 
postage  cards  at  7d.  per  dozen,  it  might  with  just  as  much  reason 
compel  people  to  use  its  envelopes,  and  do  away  with  adhesive 
stamps. 

One  of  the  consequences  of  rendering  post  cards  available  for 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS.  23 

the  Australian  Colonies  is  that  it  necessitates  the  creation  of  a 
post  card  of  3d.  for  the  route  via  Brindisi.  Although  these 
Colonies  are  not  in  the  Postal  Union,  we  suppose  these  post  cards 
will  be  sold  at  the  facial  value,  and  not  at  33  per  cent,  profit  for 
division  between  the  Post  Office  and  the  manufacturers. 


Ifa^UJ^  JK$ttuwb$,  anit  l^stmiiaitim* 


Antioquia. — The  Timbre- Poste  mentions  certain  differences 
between  the  reprints  of  the  series  of  1869  and  the  originals, 
which  are  worthy  of  record  as  tests. 

In  the  2£  centavos  the  figure  2  in  "  \ "  was  always  somewhat 
blotched,  especially  in  the  last  impressions.  This  numeral  must 
have  been  retouched,  as  in  the  reprints  it  is  more  open  and  better 
formed.  Lastly,  the  line  separating  the  two  figures  of  J  in  the 
lower  part  of  the  stamp  is  larger  than  before.  The  paper  is  pretty 
thick,  and  the  colour  is  dark  blue. 

In  the  10  centavos  the  colour  is  a  brownish-mauve,  and  the 
paper  thick  and  cottony.  There  is  no  apparent  retouch.  In  the 
original  stamp  the  colour  is  pale  mauve  and  the  paper  harder. 

The  1  peso  is  printed  in  bright  vermilion  on  white  paper, 
thicker  than  that  used  for  the  originals. 

Austria. — Levant. — Mr.  Campbell  relates  to  us  a  somewhat 
curious  episode,  which  he  has  from  M.  Glavany,  who  found  in 
the  Austrian  office  at  Beyrouth  some  Austrian  soldi  stamps  sur- 
charged with  the  values  in  Turkish  currency.  It  appears  that  at 
the  time  the  Austrian  stamps  for  the  Levant  were  changed,  a  small 
quantity  of  the  soldi  stamps  were  in  stock  at  Beyrouth,  which  the 
office  in  that  town,  instead  of  sending  back  to  Trieste,  surcharged 
in  black  with  the  values  in  Turkish  currency,  "  20  Paras  20," 
"  1  Piast.  1,"  &c.  We  have  seen  two  of  the  values  which  franked 
a  letter  from  Constantinople. 

Adhesives.     20  paras  on  5  soldi,  carmine  ;  perf.  9J. 

1  piastre  on  10  ,,      blue  ,, 

2  piastres  on  20  ,,     grey  ,, 

3  „         50  ,,      violet  „ 

Brazil. — Messrs.  Whitfield,  King  &  Co.  send  us  a  set  of  journal 
stamps  which  have  just  been  issued.  The  design  is  the  same  for 
all  the  values,  and  consists  of  an  upright  rectangle,  34  x  26|  mm., 
with  correio  at  the  top  and  brasil  (sic)  on  a  tablet  at  the  bottom. 
Prom  the  left  lower  angle  above  this  tablet  is  a  diagonal  tablet 
inscribed  jornaes,  on  either  side  of  which  is  the  value,  10  (20, 
50,  100,  200,  300)  reis.  The  stamps  are  lithographed  on  plain 
white  paper  and  rouletted. 
122* 


24  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND   RESUSCITATIONS. 

Next  we  have  a  letter  card  manufactured  by  the  American  Bank 
Note  Company,  of  white  wove  paper,  ruled  inside  with  twenty 
faint  lines  in  blue.  It  is  perforated  12  up  the  two  sides,  but  the 
flap  line  is  only  perforated  6.  It  bears  in  the  right  upper  angle 
a  stamp  of  80  reis,  of  similar  type  to  the  adhesive  100  reis  of  1878. 
The  inscription  is  carta  bilhete,  with  instructions  as  in  the  former 
issues,  and  in  the  left  lower  angle  is  brazil.  There  are  four  lines 
for  the  address. 

Lastly,  we  have  a  wrapper  250  x  126  mm.,  with  an  embossed 
stamp  of  20  reis,  the  frame  of  which  is  of  the  type  of  the  envelope 
of  1867.  It  is  embossed  on  whity-brown  paper,  the  upper  part 
being  rounded  off. 

Adhesives.     10  reis,  orange-yellow  ;  rouletted. 

20 

50 

100 

200 

300 

Letter  Card.     80     ,,    pink  on  white. 

Wrapper.     20     „    violet  on  whity-brown. 

We  are  at  a  loss  to  understand  the  raison  d'etre  of  the  spelling 
of  Brazil  on  the  journal  stamps. 

British  Bechuanaland. — The  stock  of  halfpenny  stamps  of 
Great  Britain,  surcharged  for  this  colony,  running  short,  the 
authorities  provided  provisionally  for  the  requirements  of  the 
post  by  purchasing  a  supply  of  halfpenny  stamps  from  the  Cape 
of  Good  Hope.  These  have  been  surcharged  in  green  with 
"  British  Bechuanaland,"  in  two  lines  of  small  letters — one  near 
the  top  and  the  other  near  the  bottom  of  the  stamp. 

The  halfpenny  trouble  seems  to  have  been  a  serious  one,  as  we 
have  since  received  the  3  pence  (unappropriated  die)  of  the  current 
issue,  surcharged  in  black  with  "One — Half— Penny,"  in  three 
lines  of  ordinary  type,  and  with  the  value  on  the  sides  barred  with 
single  lines  in  black.     "We  hear  that  this  latter  was  the  first. 

Adhesives.     \  penny,  black  (Cape  of  Good  Hope,  wmk.  "  Foul  Anchor  "), 
surcharged  in  green. 

|  penny  on  3  pence,  purple ;  wmk.  "  Orb ;"  surcharged  in  black. 

British  Guiana. — A  correspondent  writes  us  that  there  are 
two  varieties  in  the  surcharge  (1885-86)  of  the  post  card  of 
"  three  cents  "  with  "  one  cent,"  in  which  the  original  value  is 
barred  by  a  printed  black  line — one  in  which  the  line  is  thick, 
and  the  other  where  it  is  thin. 

Bulgaria. — We  are  informed  that  at  the  end  of  December  one 
of  the  provincial  post-offices  employed  some  stamps  of  5  stotinki 
as  stamps  of  3  stotinki  by  surcharging  in  black  the  numerals  in 
the  angles  with  "  3  "  and  the  centre  with  three  stot.,  in  two  lines, 
in  Russian  characters. 

Adhesive.     3  on  5  stotinki,  green  on  pale  green,  surcharged  in  black. 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS.  25 

Curasao. — A  correspondent  informs  us,  that  on  the  1st  January- 
last  the  following  values  were  added  to  the  current  issue,  all  perf.  14  : 

Adhesives.     15  cents,  slate. 
30     ,,       lilac. 
60     ,,       olive. 
1  gulden  50  cents,  blue  and  dark  blue. 

We  are  also  informed   that   stamps   of   1    and    2    cents   were 
expected  to  be  issued,  as  also  a  series  of 
unpaid  letter  stamps. 

Egypt. — The  annexed  engraving  repre- 
sents the  embossed  envelope  stamp  of  2 
piastres,  described  in  our  last. 

Faridkot. — In  November  last  we  stated 
that  the  III.  Br.  J.  reported  the  small 
transverse  oblong  stamps  of  I  anna  of  the 
1881  type,  as  also  those  of  the  1883  type, 
in  blue  and  green,  perforated  12.  Having  now  received  these 
stamps,  we  differ  from  our  contemporary  as  to  the  colours. 

Adhesives.     Type  1881.     |  anna,  dull  greenish-blue  ;  perf.  12. 
5     ,,      pale  ultramarine-blue     ,, 
Type  1882.     £     ,,      dull  greenish-blue  ,, 

£     ,,      pale  ultramarine-blue     ,, 

France. — We  learn  from  the  Journal  Offidel  that  a  decree  has 
been  made  by  the  President,  under  date  of  the  1st  December  last, 
empowering  public  functionaries  to  make  use  of  cards  for  official 
correspondence,  manufactured  either  by  the  several  departments 
or  by  themselves,  which  go  free  under  the  conditions  that  they 
have  a  minimum  of  size  of  nine  centimetres  long  by  six  in  height, 
and  a  maximum  of  fourteen  centimetres  long  by  nine  in  height, 
and  do  not  weigh  less  than  1 J  grammes  nor  more  than  5  grammes. 
The  front  of  the  card  also  must  only  contain  the  address  and  the 
countersign  of  the  functionary  who  sends  it. 

French  Levant. — We  receive  the  25  centime,  black  on  pink, 
with  the  surcharge  in  red  "  1  piast  1." 

Adhesive.     25  c,  black  on  red,  surcharged  in  red  "  1  piast  1." 

Great   Britain. — The   current   ninepence  is   now  surcharged 

GOVT    PARCELS. 

Adhesive.     9  pence,  purple  and  blue,  surcharged  govt  parcels. 

Holkar. — We  are  indebted  to  Messrs.  Whitfield,  King,  and 
Co.  for  a  specimen  of  the  new  issue  for  this  state.  The  new 
stamp  is  of  the  ordinary  size,  and,  so  far  as  the  frame  and  in- 
scriptions are  concerned,  is  almost  a  reduction  of  that  issued  in 
1886.  The  design  is  a  three-quarter  portrait  to  the  left  of  the 
Maharajah,  wearing  a  species  of  cap.  It  is  a  handsome  stamp, 
and  very  well  executed.  The  impression  is  on  thick  white  wove 
paper,  and  the  perforation  is  15.  Like  its  predecessor,  it  is  sole. 
Adhesive,     i  anna,  purple. 


26  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 

Mexico. — The  Timbre-Poste  reports  the  6  centavos  as  printed 
in  red  on  plain  white  paper,  and  perforated  12, 

Adhesive.     6  centavos,  red  on  plain  white  ;  perf.  12. 

The  same  journal  has  received  an  envelope  bearing  the  vignette 
of  Wells,  Fargo,  and  Co.,  of  15  centavos,  on  the  left,  and  the 
government  stamp  of  20  centavos  in  red  on  the  right ;  the  value 
on  the  vignette  being  surcharged  in  red  with  35  centavos  for 
Europe  similarly  to  that  described  in  vol.  ix.  p.  118,  as  sur- 
charged on  the  envelope  of  20  c,  puce.  Our  contemporary  does 
not  give  the  size  of  the  envelope,  so  we  are  left  to  form  our  own 
conclusions  whether  it  is  white  inside  or  blue.  Probably  it  is 
white,  and  of  official  size. 

New  South  Wales. — An  envelope  has  been  issued  of  the 
ordinary  commercial  size  with  a  stamp  of  one  penny  of  the 
centenary  type,  but  with  the  letters  o.  s.  inserted,  one  in  each 
of  the  upper  angles.     The  envelope  is  of  plain  white  laid  paper. 

Two  other  envelopes  have  been  issued  for  the  Department  of 
Public  Instruction  of  official  size.  The  one  is  addressed  to  the 
accountant,  and  in  the  left  upper  angle  has  "printed  matter 
only  "  in  addition  to  the  other  notices.  It  bears  a  stamp  similar 
to  the  one  mentioned  above.  The  other  is  addressed  to  the  cashier 
of  the  Department,  and  has  "registered  letter"  in  the  left 
upper  angle,  in  place  of  "  printed  matter  only,"  and  the  indication 
in  the  left  lower  angle  is  varied.  This  envelope  bears  a  stamp 
of  6  pence  of  the  old  (1870)  type,  in  the  upper  angles  of  which 
the  lettters  o.  s.  are  inserted  in  plugs  as  in  the  others.  There  are 
crossed  red  lines  back  and  front  on  this  latter  envelope.  Both  are 
of  white  laid  paper.  The  stamps  are  affixed  to  the  envelopes  after 
they  are  made  up.  and  in  the  latter  two  the  inscriptions  are  also 
printed  upon  the  envelopes  after  they  have  been  made  up. 

With  reference  to  these  official  envelopes,  collectors  will  do  well 
to  be  on  their  guard  in  selecting  specimens  of  the  former  issue, 
originally  issued  in  1880  for  the  Department  of  Public  Instruction, 
and  which  are  now  obsolete.  We  are  credibly  informed  that  the 
government  is  about  to  reprint  3000  copies  of  these  envelopes, 
not  certainly  for  the  use  of  the  Department,  as  it  is  now  supplied 
with  a  fresh  stock.  We  are  told  that  these  are  to  be  sold  at 
face  price.  The  only  tenable  suppositions  therefore  are,  that 
it  is  done  either  for  the  benefit  of  collectors,  or  for  that  of 
speculators.  We  hope  that  these  reprints  are  not  to  be  foisted 
on  collectors  as  originals,  and  that  the  government  is  not  lending 
itself  to  anything  so  unworthy.  We  have  said  enough  to  caution 
collectors  against  being  deceived  by  them. 
Official  Envelopes. 
1  penny,  violet  (type  1888),  o.s.  in  angles,  commercial  size. 
1      ,,  ,,  ,,  official  size. 

Registration  Official  Envelope. 
6  pence,  violet  (type  1870),  o.s.  in  angles,  official  size. 


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Annexed  is  an  engraving  of  the  new  sixpenny  stamp,  described 
in  our  last.  The  eightpence  of  the  centenary  type 
was  to  be  issued  about  the  first  of  January  last, 
but  at  the  date  of  our  last  advices  (January  2nd) 
it  had  not  made  its  appearance.  It  has  as  its 
design  the  "  Lyre  bird "  (Menura  Superba). 
The  one  shilling  was  to  follow,  and  this  has  a 
kangaroo  as  its  design;  there  will  therefore  be 
two  birds  and  a  beast,  whose  great  head-quarters 
are  in  New  South  Wales,  represented  in  the  issue. 

We  have  a  registered  letter  envelope  of  a  size  which  we  do  not 
see  has  been  yet  chronicled,  measuring  227  x  101  mm.     In  other 
respects  it  resembles  its  fellows. 
Registration  Envelope.     4  pence,  pink,  red  inscription  ;  size  227  x  101  mm. 

We  have  received  two  magnificent-looking  post  cards  for  the 
new  service,  measuring  157  x  88 J  mm.  We  extract  the  following 
notice  of  the  issue  from  the  Sydney  Morning  Herald  of  the  first 
January  last : 

"  From  to-day  the  public  may  avail  themselves  of  the  post  cards  just 
introduced  for  use  between  New  South  Wales  and  the  United  Kingdom. 
There  are  two  cards,  one  valued  at  2d.,  and  the  other  at  3d.,  which  may  be 
forwarded  to  the  United  Kingdom  by  the  contract  packets  of  the  Peninsular 
and  Oriental,  and  the  Orient  Steam  Navigation  Companies  only.  The  2d. 
card  is  for  the  long  sea  route  ;  that  is,  conveyed  all  the  way  by  sea,  but  the 
3d.  card  will  be  despatched  overland,  via  Italy.  Both  cards  are  of  the  same 
size,  the  area  being  about  twenty-one  square  inches,  the  2d.  card  being  printed 
in  blue,  and  the  3d.  cards  in  light  green.  Stamps  were  not  used  in  England 
till  February,  1840,  and  doubtless  many  are  not  aware  that  the  prepayment 
of  postage  by  the  sender,  by  means  of  stamped  covers,  was  in  existence  in 
Sydney  as  early  as  November  1st,  1838.  The  year  1888  thus  being  the 
jubilee  year  of  the  issue  of  stamps  in  this  colony  ;  the  new  cards  are  brought 
into  use  to  commemorate  the  event,  and  the  postal  authorities  have  appro- 
priately impressed  the  cards  with  a  facsimile  of  the  stamp  first  issued.  This 
stamp,  which  is  much  larger  than  the  ordinary  penny  or  twopenny  postage 
stamp,  is  placed  in  the  centre  of  the  cards  at  the  top,  and  contains  the  Royal 
Arms  with  motto,  surrounded  by  the  words,  '  general  post-office,  Sydney, 
new  south  wales.'  Enclosing  this  are  two  circles,  containing  the  words, 
'in  commemoration  of  the  fiftieth  year  of  the  issue  of  postage 
stamps  in  the  colony,'  and  'design  of  the  first  postage  stamp.' 
This  rests  upon  a  St.  Andrew's  cross,  the  upper  limbs  of  which  contain  the 
figures  denoting  the  value  of  the  postage,  with  rings  encircling  the  words 
'  jubilee'  and  '  stamp.'  The  lower  limbs  of  the  cross  bear  the  figures  '1838,' 
and  '  1888.'  The  design  is  embellished  with,  and  enclosed  in,  a  wreath  of 
oak  and  eucalyptus  leaves." 

To  the  above  we  would  add  that  the  stamp  occupies  a  space  of 
54  x  40  mm.,  and  at  the  top  intercepts  the  border  round  the  card. 
To  the  left  is  "post,"  with  the  usual  instructions  below,  and  to 
the  right  is  "  card,"  with  "  For  the  United  Kingdom  by  the  long 
sea  route"  on  the  twopenny  one,  and  "For  United  Kingdom,  &c, 
overland  via  Italy  "  on  the  threepenny  one.  The  impression  is  on 
white  thick  card,  lithographed. 

Post  Cards.     2  pence,  blue. 
3  pence,  green. 


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Norwegian   Locals. — Christ  iansunds. — Four  other  values  of 
the  type  of  the  5  ore,  1887  (vol.  ix.  p.  127),  have  been  recently 
added,  perforated  ll£,  and  also  unperforated. 
Adhesives.     1  ore,  red. 

2  »>     5> 

3  „     „ 
10     „     „ 

Drammen. — A  new  design  has  been  adopted  for  the  stamps  of 
this  local  post,  being  a  reduction  of  that  described  in  our  number 
for  July  last,  with  this  difference,  that  whereas  in  the  latter  the 
inscription  in  the  circular  band  was  bypost — drammen,  it  is  now 
drammens — bypost,  and  the  value  on  the  tablet  below  is  now  on 
uncoloured  figures  on  a  coloured  ground  instead  of  in  coloured 
figures  on  an  uncoloured  ground.  The  stamps  are  lithographed  on 
plain  white  wove  paper,  and  are  perforated  11£. 

Adhesives.     3  ore,  blue. 
5    „    green. 
10    „    red. 

Hammer f est. — The  Timbre-Poste  states  that  a  supply  of  values 
of  2  ore  and  4  ore  have  been  made  by  surcharging  the  10  ore  and 
8  ore  respectively  with  the  new  values  in  red. 

Adhesives.     2  ore  on  10  ore,  brown,  surcharged  in  red. 
4  ore  on  8  ore,  blue,  ,,  ,, 

Holmestrand. — According  to  the  last-named  journal  the  stamps 
of  the  type  described  in  our  number  for  July  last  exist  rouletted 
as  well  as  imperforate. 

An  envelope  of  two  shades  of  paper,  grey-brown  and  grey,  has 
been  issued  with  a  stamp  of  the  type  described  in  our  number  for 
December  last.    The  envelope  bears  the  inscription  konvolutter — 
for — holmestrands  bypost,  and  is  of  extra  letter  size. 
Envelope.     5  ore,  red  on  grey-brown  and  grey. 


Oudeypoor. 


The  Timbre-Poste  has  received  from  the  editor  of 
a  German  contemporary  a  stamp,  of  which 
an  illustration  is  annexed.  It  has  been 
submitted  to  M.  Eodet,  who  has  been  un- 
able to  decipher  the  inscriptions,  except 
that  the  first  word  is  "Cri"  (divine),  and 
that  the  name  is  written  "  Oudeypouram." 
There  is  also  "  Samvat,"  and  the  date 
1928.  Oudeypoor  is  one  of  the  Kajpootana 
states,  and  formerly  was  governed  by  a 
Maharanee,  but  we  think  now  by  a 
Maharajah.  Time  will,  no  doubt,  show 
what  the  stamp  is  for.  The  impression  is 
in  black  on  white. 

Philippines. — The  first  of  the  new  lot  of  surcharges  mentioned 
in  our  last  has  come  to  hand. 

Adhesive.     2|  cmos.  on  -J  cmo.,  green  ;  surcharged  in  carmine. 


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Queensland. — We  have  the  two  post  cards,  the  approaching 
advent  of  which  was  prefigured  in  our  last  number.  They  are  of 
small  size,  120  x  76  mm.,  and  of  buff-coloured  card.  To  the  left 
are  the  arms  of  similar  design  to  those  on  the  one  penny  post  card. 
To  the  right  a  stamp  showing  the  head  of  the  Queen  to  the  left, 
on  a  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  within  an  uncoloured  upright  oval 
band  inscribed  postage  at  the  top,  and  the  value  in  full  in  the 
lower  part,  and  there  is  a  rustic  edge  to  the  outer  line  of  the  oval. 
In  the  centre  of  the  card  is  a  ribbon  scroll  with  post  card  in  the 
upper  fold,  and  Queensland — Australia  in  the  lower  ones.  Below 
this  are  the  usual  instructions,  followed  by  four  dotted  lines  for 
the  address,  the  first  being  preceded  by  "To"  in  script.  So  far 
the  design  is  common  to  the  two  cards,  but  in  that  of  2  pence, 
under  the  stamp  in  a  curve,  is  "  via  direct  route,"  while  under 
the  threepence  the  inscription  is  "  via  brindisi  or  Naples." 

Post  Cards.     2  pence,  blue  on  buff. 

3      ,,      mauve  on  buff. 

Roumania. — We  lately  received  the  25  bani,  blue,  on  light 
straw-coloured  paper,  and  see  that  a  correspondent  informs  a  con- 
temporary that  during  the  months  of  November  and  December  the 
Roumanian  postage  stamps  were  printed  as  follows : 

Adhesives. 

1J  bani,  black  on  bright  blue,  pale  blue,  and  pink  paper. 

3      ,,      violet  on  pale  blue  paper. 
10      ,,      red  on  buff  paper. 

15      ,,      red-brown  on  pink  and  yellowish  paper. 
25      ,,      blue  on  pale  blue,  pink,  and  straw-coloured  paper. 

The  unpaid  letter  stamps  of  2,  5,  and  30  bani,  green,  have 
been  printed  on  yellow  paper,  but  were  not  yet  in  circulation. 

It  is  said  that  the  reason  of  all  these  varieties  in  the  paper  is 
that  previously  to  the  issue  of  the  new  stamps,  which  are  expected 
to  be  ready  in  April,  the  authorities  wished  to  clear  out  all  the  old 
stock  of  paper,  and  "sweep  out  the  shop."  If  so,  it  was  a  bright 
idea  to  print  it  all  with  postage  stamps,  and  make  so  many  delightful 
varieties  for  collectors. 


Russian  Locals. — Gadiatsch. — This  rural  post  has  just  issued 
three  new  stamps,  all  of  the  same  value.  What  different  functions 
each  of  these  has  to  perform  we  know  not.  The  name  of  the  rural 
post  is  inscribed  on  the  first  two,  but  is  absent  on  the  third.     As 


122** 


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we  give  illustrations  of  the  three  we  need  not  give  any  further 
description  of  them,  except  that  the  first  is  printed  in  black  on 
plain  white  wove  paper,  and  the  two  others  in  two  colours  on  grey 
paper.  Adhesives.     3  kopecks,  black  on  white. 

3         ,,        blue  and  red  on  grey. 

3         ,,        black        ,,  ,, 

Kolomna. — This  rural  poste  has  had  a  fresh  supply  of  stamps 
both  for  prepaid  letters  and  for  unpaid  ones. 
The  design  is  similar  for  all  the  stamps, 
except  that  the  interior  upright  inscriptions 
differ  in  the  case  of  the  paid  letters  from 
those  for  the  unpaid  ones,  the  one  signifying 
'  paid,"  and  the  other  "  unpaid.'*'  The  im- 
pression is  on  plain  white  paper,  and  the 
stamps  are  perforated  11^. 

Adhesives.     1  kopeck,  blue. 

2  kopecks     , , 

3  jj  ■>■> 
Unpaid  Letter  Stomps.     1  kopeck,  red. 


cnn.VAVjv  rLru-u  vrv 


The  Timbre-Poste  states  that  the  sheets  of  these  stamps  are 
composed  of  eight  horizontal  rows  of  sixteen  stamps  of  divers 
values.  In  the  sheets  of  the  unpaid  letter  stamps  (red)  the  first 
four  horizontal  rows  are  of  1  kopeck,  and  the  other  four  of  3 
kopecks.  In  those  of  the  blue  stamps  the  first  five  stamps  in  the 
horizontal  row  are  of  1  kopeck,  followed  by  six  of  2  kopecks  and 
six  of  3  kopecks.  We  do  not  quite  understand  how  these  figures 
make  sixteen,  but  suppose  it  is  the  calculation  of  le  diable  de 
Timprimeur. 

Sarawak.  —  Annexed  is  an  engraving  of  the  type  of  the 
new  bicoloured  series  for  this  territory.  We  are 
informed  that  there  is  a  value  of  25  cents  to 
come,  which  will,  we  suppose,  be  green,  with 
either  a  yellow  or  red-brown  tablet. 

Sirmoor. — We  have  received  the  3  pies  printed 
in  orange.      The  paper  and  perforation  remain  as 
before. 
Adhesive.     3  pies,  orange,  perforated  14^. 

Switzerland. — The  25  and  50  centimes  come  to  hand 
perforated  9^. 

Adhesives.     25  centimes,  blue  ;  perforated.  9£. 
50         ,,         green  ,, 

Tasmania. — We  have  the  one  penny,  carmine  (1880),  sur- 
charged in  black  with  "  Halfpenny  "  in  ordinary  type.  Our  last 
advices  bring  us  the  one  penny  post  card  in  vermilion-red  on 
white  card. 

Adhesive.     |  penny  on  Id.  (1880),  surcharged  in  black. 
Post  Card.     One  Pennv,  vermilion-red  on  white  card. 


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Telegraphs. — Austria. — The  provisional  pneumatic  envelope 
of  15  kr.,  made  by  surcharging  that  of  20  kr.,  has  been  replaced 
by  a  definitive  one,  having  a  stamp  of  15  kr.,  in  grey,  of  similar 
type,  in  the  right  upper  angle,  and  bearing  the  inscription,  brief — 

N° ZUR   PNEUMATISCHEN    EXPRESS    BEFORDERUNG,  followed   by  four 

dotted  lines  for  the  address,  the  first  commencing  with  "An." 
The  impression  of  the  inscription  is  in  black  on  plain  wove  pink 
paper.     Size,  144  x  88  mm. 

Envelope.     15  kr.,  grey  and  black  on  pink. 

Belgium. — The  stamp  before  us,  we  suppose,  belongs  to  this 
country,  or  else  to  Congo,  as  it  bears  a  likeness  of  King  Leopold  II. 
It  is  magnificent  in  point  of  size,  being  an  upright  rectangle  of 
34  x  24  mm.,  and  its  value  is  25  francs,  which  is  inserted  at  the  foot, 
the  numerals  being  in  a  circle,  flanked  on  each  side  with  the  word 
"francs"  on  a  horizontal  tablet.  The  head  of  the  king  is  in  an 
upright  oval  frame,  with  telegraphes  at  the  top  on  a  straight 
tablet.  The  ground  is  of  red  lines,  and  the  impression  in  reseda. 
The  paper  is  plain  white  wove,  and  the  perforation  15. 
Adhesive.     25  francs,  reseda  and  red. 

Tunis. — Our  description  of  the  mode  in  which  the  postage 
stamps  are  made  to  serve  as  unpaid  letter 
stamps  was  somewhat  hazy.  We  annex  an 
illustration,  which  will  better  explain  the  some- 
what ingenious  mode  that  has  been  adopted ; 
though  were  perforated  stamps  as  common  there 
as  they  are  in  England,  the  overprinting  them 
with  a  T  would,  we  think,  have  been  prefer- 

Wadhwan  State. — These  stamps  now  come  to  hand  per- 
forated 12 J.  Messrs.  Whitfield,  King,  and  Co.  send  us  a  sheet, 
of  seven  horizontal  rows  of  four  in  a  row,  guillotine  perforated. 
We  see  that  a  contemporary  imagines  that  our  doubts  of  their  postal 
use  are  founded  on  the  slender  ground  of  the  absence  of  any 
indication  to  that  effect.  Our  inference  was  drawn  from  a  letter 
of  the  Postmaster,  and  we  only  referred  to  the  absence  of  in- 
dication as  a  negative  proof.  It  may  be  a  paper  medal  of  a 
Wadhwan  society,  for  all  we  know  to  the  contrary. 


32      SUPPLEMENTARY  NOTES  OX  THE  STAMPS  OF  JAPAN. 


SUPPLEMENTARY  NOTES  ON  THE  STAMPS  OF  JAPAN, 

By  E.  D.  BACON. 

(Continued  from  page  213.   FoL  X. 


POST    CARDS. 

Page  162.     Issue  1st  December,  1S73. 

Add  number  4  to  the  syllabic  characters  of  the  \  sen,  and  numbers  3  and  4 
to  those  of  the  1  sen.  I  have  not  come  across  syllabic  4  of  the  1  sen,  but 
Mr.  E.  von  Oppenfeld,  of  Berlin,  tells  me  he  has  met  vritb  it. 

There  are  as  many  varieties  of  type  of  the  frames  as  there  were  cards  to 
the  sheet,  but  I  am  unable  to  say  what  that  number  was.  I  have  found 
three  varieties  of  the  outside  frame  for  the  \  sen,  and  seven  for  the  1  sen. 
The  latter  are  all  different  from  the  varieties  of  the  h  sen.  The  two  frames 
on  each  card  were  printed  separately,  and  vary  in  type  one  from  the  other. 
Cards  with  the  same  variety  of  outer  frame  may  be  met  with,  in  which  the 
inner  frames  differ  from  each  other.  The  stamp," which  was  of  course  printed 
separately  again  from  the  two  frames,  does  not  vary  quite  in  the  same  way, 
for  I  have  two  varieties  of  the  outer  frame  for  syllabic  1,  for  both  the  \  and 
1  sen.  with  the  same  type  of  stamp.  On  the  other  hand,  I  have  three 
varieties  of  the  outer  frame,  and  also  of  the  stamp  for  syllabic  2  of  the  1  sen. 
Owing  to  the  rarity  of  these  cards  it  is  impossible,  at  present,  to  speak  with 
much  certainty  as  to  how  many  varieties  there  are  of  the  stamps  for  each 
syllabic  character. 

Page  163.     Issue  December,  1573  (?). 

In  this  and  the  succeeding  issue  I  call  the  cards  with  twenty  characters 
in  the  seventh  column  of  directions  Tar.  A,  and  those  with  nineteen  only 
Var.  B.  The  stamp  and  outer  frame  of  the  cards  were  printed  at  the  same 
time,  and  the  directions  and  frame  for  the  message  also  together,  but  at 
another  printing.  I  have  found  four  separate  varieties  of  the  stamp  and 
frame  on  the  face  for  the  §  sen,  and  six  for  the  1  sen  of  Var.  A,  and  two 
varieties  of  each  value  for  Var.  B.  These  latter,  in  the  1  sen,  are  found 
among  the  six  first  varieties  I  have  mentioned.  It  would  appear  from  this 
that  there  was  only  one  plate,  consisting  of  six  cards,  engraved  for  the  stamp 
and  outer  frame  of  each  value,  but  that  there  were  more  than  six  different 
settings  up  of  the  type  for  printing  the  directions  and  frame  for  the  message  : 
at  any  rate  for  the  1  sen. 

Page  163.    Issue  April,  1574. 

Erase  the  note  of  interrogation  after  syllabic  character  19  for  the  £  sen, 
Var.  A,  also  after  syllabic  12  of  Var.  B,  and  add  syllabic  16  to  the  latter 
variety ;  add  syllabic  2  to  the  1  sen,  Var.  A,  and  numbers  2,  10,  14,  17,  18, 
19,  21,  and  25  to  Var.  B. 

Like  the  preceding  issue  the  sheet  seems  to  have  been  composed  of  six 
cards,  and  the  printing  on  the  face  and  inside  was  likewise  done  at  two 
different  periods.  There  are  six  varieties  of  type  for  the  stamp  and  frame 
on  the  face  for  each  syllabic  character  of  both  values,  and  there  are  a  very 
large  number  of  sub-varieties  in  the  directions  found  on  the  inside  of  the 
card,  showing  numerous  different  settings  up  of  the  type.  Cards  with  the 
same  characters  in  the  directions  are  usually  found  with  the  same  type  of 
stamp,  but  in  the  case  of  sub-varieties  1  and  15  there  are  probably  six  types 
of  the  stamp  for  each  syllabic  character  with  this  particular  setting  up  of 
type  for  the  directions.  For  instance,  I  have  five  types  of  the  stamp  for 
syllabic  4  of  the  i  sen,  sub- variety  1.  Although  I  give  a  detailed  list  of  all 
the  varieties  I  possess,  I  do  not  for  a  moment  wish  it  to  be  understood  I 
think  it  is  necessarv  for  everyone  to  collect  them.    Each  collector  must  decide 


SUPPLEMENTARY  NOTES  ON  THE  STAMPS  OF  JAPAN.      33 

for  himself  what  varieties  he  will  take,  and  what  leave  ;  but  as  I  confine 
myself  to  collecting  the  stamps  of  this  country  alone,  I  can  afford  to  take 
every  small  variety  I  can  find. 

A. 

(The  seventh  line  of  the  instructions  contains  tiventy  characters.) 

1  2  3         4  5  6  7  8  9         10         11       12  13  14 

1.  All  the  characters  of  the  instructions  are  the  same  as  those  found  on 
the  cards  of  the  previous  issue ;  that  is  to  say :  Illustration  number  1  is 
found  in  the  second  line,  characters  4,  12,  20,  30,  38  ;  fourth  line,  character 
23 ;  fifth  line,  character  1  ;  sixth  line,  character  31 ;  eighth  line,  character 
24 ;  tenth  line,  character  30 ;  eleventh  line,  character  19  ;  and  thirteenth 
line,  character  12.  Illustration  number  2  is  found  in  the  fourth  line, 
character  16.  Illustration  3,  in  the  fourth  line,  characters  17  and  36  ;  eighth 
line,  character  4  ;  and  tenth  line,  character  4.  Illustration  4,  in  the  fourth 
line,  characters  18  and  37 ;  eighth  line,  character  5 ;  and  tenth  line, 
character  5.  Illustration  5,  in  the  fourth  line,  character  26.  Illustration 
6,  in  the  seventh  line,  character  9.  Illustration  7,  in  the  seventh  line, 
character  11 ;  and  Illustration  8,  in  the  thirteenth  line,  character  7. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  2,  3,  4,  6.    (Six  (?)  varieties  in  type  of  the 

stamp  for  each  syll.  char.) 
1  sen,  blue,  syll.  char.  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7.     (Six  (?)  varieties  in  type  of  the 

stamp  for  each  syll.  char. ) 

The  eight  following  varieties  have  character  11  of  the  seventh  line  replaced 
by  illustration  number  14  ;  many  of  the  other  characters  are  in  larger  type. 

2.  Characters  31  of  the  sixth  line  and  19  of  line  eleven  are  replaced  by 
illustration  number  9. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  3,  4. 
1     „    blue,  syll.  char.  3,  4,  6,  7,  8. 

3.  Characters  4  of  the  second  line,  24  of  the  eighth  line,  and  30  of  line 
ten,  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  3,  4,  6. 
1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  3,  4,  5,  7,  10. 

4.  Characters  12  and  30  of  line  two,  23  of  line  four,  1  of  line  five,  24  of 
line  eight,  30  of  line  ten,  and  19  of  line  eleven,  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  4,  6. 
1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8. 

5.  Characters  12,  20,  and  38,  line  two,  1  of  line  five,  24  of  line  eight,  19 
of  line  eleven,  and  12  of  line  thirteen,  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

t  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  3,  4,  6. 
1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  3,  5,  6,  7. 

6.  Same  as  last,  but  characters  30  of  line  two,  23  of  line  four,  31  of  line 
six,  30  of  line  ten,  are  also  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

1  sen,  blue,  syll.  char.  8,  9,  10. 

7.  Same  as  last,  but  character  4,  line  two,  is  replaced  by  illustration  13. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  3,  4,  6. 
1     „    blue,  syll.  char.  3,  5,  6,  7,  9. 

8.  Character  36,  line  four,  is  replaced  by  illustration  11,  and  characters 
12,  20,  30,  and  38  of  the  second  line,  23  of  line  four,  1  of  line  five,  31  of  line 
six,  24  of  line  eight,  19  of  line  eleven,  and  12  of  line  thirteen,  are  replaced 
by  illustration  9. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  3,  4,  6. 
1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  9. 


34      SUPPLEMENTARY  NOTES  ON  THE  STAMPS  OF  JAPAN. 

9.  Characters  36  of  line  four,  4  of  line  eight,  and  4  of  line  ten,  are  replaced 
by  illustration  11 ;  character  18  of  line  four  by  illustration  12 ;  and  characters 
12,  38  of  line  two,  1  of  line  five,  30  of  line  ten,  and  12  of  line  thirteen  by 
illustration  9.  i  seilj  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  4. 

1     „    blue,  syll.  char.  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13. 

10.  Same  as  number  1,  but  character  17  of  line  four  is  replaced  by 
illustration  11  ;  character  37  of  line  four  by  illustration  12  ;  and  characters 
12,  30  of  line  two,  23  of  line  four,  1  of  line  five,  31  of  line  six,  24  of  line 
eight,  and  30  of  line  ten  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

i  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  7. 

1  sen,  blue,  syll.  char.  7,  10,  11,  12,  14. 

11.  Similar  to  number  1,  but  characters  36  of  line  four,  and  4  of  line  eight 
are  replaced  by  illustration  11 ;  characters  18  and  37  of  line  four  by  illus- 
tration 12  ;  and  characters  12,  20,  30,  38  of  line  two,  and  24  of  line  eight  by 
illustration  9.  i  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  4,  6. 

1     „    blue,  syll.  char.  9,  10,  11,  12,  13. 

12.  Same  as  number  1,  but  characters  17  and  36  of  line  four,  4  of  line 
eight,  and  4  of  line  ten  are  replaced  by  illustration  11  ;  character  5  of  line 
eight  is  replaced  by  illustration  12  ;  and  characters  23  of  line  four,  31  of 
line  six,  30  of  line  ten,  19  of  line  eleven,  and  12  of  line  thirteen  are  replaced 
by  illustration  9.      i  seilj  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  4,  7. 

1     „    blue,  syll.  char.  4,  9,  12,  13. 

13.  Same  as  last,  but  illustration  9  is  only  found  in  the  second  line, 
characters  30,  38 ;  in  the  fourth  line,  character  23 ;  in  the  eighth  line, 
character  24 ;  and  in  the  eleventh  line,  character  19. 

I  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  4. 
1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  7,  9,  12. 

14.  Same  as  last,  but  illustration  12  is  also  found  in  the  fourth  line, 
characters  18  and  37.  Illustration  9  is  only  found  in  the  second  line, 
characters  12  and  30 ;  in  the  fifth  line,  character  1 ;  and  the  sixth  line, 
character  31.  i  sen?  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  6,  7. 

1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  9,  12,  13,  14. 

15.  Same  as  number  1,  but  characters  17  and  36  of  line  four,  4  of  line 
eight,  and  4  of  line  ten  are  replaced  by  illustration  11 ;  characters  18  and 
37  of  line  four,  5  of  line  eight,  and  5  of  line  ten  are  replaced  by  illustration  12. 

i-  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  7,  8,  9,  10,  11,  12,  13,  14,  15,  17. 

1  sen,  blue,  syll.  char.  10,  11, 12,  13,  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23, 
24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31,  34. 

Note. — I  have  found  six  varieties  of  the  type  of  the  stamp  for  syll.  char,  of  7  of  the  £ 
sen,  and  three  or  four  varieties  for  most  of  the  other  syll.  char,  of  both  values. 

16.  Same  as  last,  but  character  16  of  the  fourth  line  is  replaced  by 
ation  10.         i  sen?  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  17. 

1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  19,  25. 

The  following  varieties,  17  to  41  inclusive,  are  similar  to  number  15,  but 
illustration  9  replaces  illustration  1  in  different  lines. 

17.  Character  4  of  line  two  is  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  8. 
1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  12. 

18.  Characters  4,  30,  and  38  of  line  two  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

h  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  7,  10. 

1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  20,  21. 

19.  Character  1  of  line  five  is  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

£  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  8. 
1     „    blue,  syll.  char.  10,  16,  17,  Is. 


SUPPLEMENTARY  NOTES  ON  THE  STAMPS  OF  JAPAN.      35 

20.  Character  31  of  line  six  is  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

£  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  11,  13. 
1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  23,  25,  26,  27. 

21.  Character  24  of  line  eight  is  replaced  by  illustration  9. 
i  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  10, 11,  13. 

1     „    blue,  syll.  char.  17,  18,  19,  21,  22,  23,  25,  26,  27,  29,  30. 

22.  Character  19  of  line  eleven  is  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

i  sen,  orange-vellow,  syll.  char.  9,  10,  13. 
1     „    blue,  syll.  char.  23,  25,  26,  27,  28,  30. 

23.  Characters  30  of  line  two  and  1  of  line  five  are  replaced  by  illustration 
9.  There  are  only  fifteen  characters  in  the  thirteenth  line,  the  usual  seventh 
one  {illustration  8)  being  omitted. 

i-  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  3. 
1     „    blue,  syll.  char.  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  10. 

24.  Characters  1  of  line  five  and  31  of  line  six  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

i  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  9,  10,  11,  14,  15,  16. 
1     „    blue,  syll.  char.  20,  22,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  31. 

25.  Characters  1  of  line  five  and  30  of  line  ten  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  11,  14,  15. 
1     „    blue,  syll.  char.  22,  27,  28,  29,  32,  34. 

26.  Characters  1  of  line  five  and  12  of  line  thirteen  are  replaced  by 
illustration  9.    \  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  7,  8. 

1     „    blue,"syll.  char.  10,  11,  13,  15,  16,  18. 

27.  Characters  4  and  12  of  line  two,  23  of  line  four,  and  30  of  line  ten 
are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char,  10,  12,  14. 

1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  8,  18,  20, 22,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30,  32. 

28.  Characters  12  and  30  of  line  two,  1  of  line  five,  and  31  of  line  six  are 
replaced  by  illustration  9. 

1  sen,  blue,  syll.  char.  9. 

29.  Characters  20  of  line  two,  31  of  line  six,  and  24  of  line  eight  are 
replaced  by  illustration  9. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  14,  15,  16,  19. 

1     „    blue,  syll.  char.  23,  24,  27,  29,  30,  31,  32,  34. 

30.  Characters  23  of  line  four,  19  of  line  eleven,  and  12  of  line  thirteen 
are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

i  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  3,  4. 
1     „    blue,  syll.  char.  3,  4,  5,  7,  8,  10. 

31.  Characters  20  of  line  two,  23  of  line  four,  24  of  line  eight,  and  12  of 
line  thirteen  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  10,  12,  15,  16. 
1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  19,  23,  27,  28,  29,  30,  32. 

32.  Characters  20  and  38  of  line  two,  31  of  line  six,  19  of  line  eleven,  and 
12  of  line  thirteen  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  14,  16,  17,  19. 
1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  22,  26,  27,  28,  29,  30. 

33.  Characters  4  and  20  of  line  two,  30  of  line  ten,  19  of  line  eleven,  and 
12  of  line  thirteen  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  4. 
1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  9,  11,  14. 

34.  Characters  31  of  line  six,  24  of  line  eight,  19  of  line  eleven,  and  11  of 
line  thirteen  are  replaced  by  illustration  9.  Only  fifteen  characters  in  the 
latter  line,  the  seventh  {illustration  8)  omitted. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  3. 
1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  3,  6,  7,  9. 


36      SUPPLEMENTARY  NOTES  OX  THE  STAMPS  OF  JAPAN. 

•35.  Characters  24  of  line  eight.  30  of  line  ten,  19  of  line  eleven,  and  12  of 
line  thirteen  are  replaced  by  (frustration  9. 

|  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  12,  14,  15. 
1     ,,    blue.  syll.  char.  17,  20.  23,  25. 

36.  Characters  12  and  3S  of  line  two,  23  of  line  four,  31  of  line  six,  19  of 
line  eleven,  and  12  of  line  thirteen  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

h  sen,  orange- vellow,  svll.  char.  5. 
1     .,    bluer  syll.  char.  9,  11.  13.  15. 

37.  Characters  4.  30,  and  35  of  line  two,  1  of  line  five.  24  of  line  eight, 
19  of  line  eleven,  and  12  of  line  thirteen  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

h  sen.  orange-vellow.  svll.  char.  14,  15,  19. 
1    ..    blue,  sylL  char.  20,  24.  26.  27.  31. 

38.  Characters  4  and  12  of  line  two,  24  of  line  eight,  30  of  line  ten,  19  of 
line  eleven,  and  12  of  line  thirteen  are  replace  I  ion  9. 

i  sen.  orange-vellow.  svll.  char.  10.  11.  12.  14.  15.  16. 
1    „  '  blue,  syll.  char.  19,  26,  29,  32,  34. 

39.  Characters  38  of  line  two,  23  of  line  four.  1  of  line  five,  31  of  line  six. 
30  of  line  ten,  and  19  of  line  eleven  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

4  sen.  orange-vellow.  svll.  char.  10.  11.  12.  14.  15. 
1    „  '  blue," syll.  char.  IS,  20,  26.  25.  29.  30,  32. 

40.  Characters  4  and  35  of  line  two,  23  of  line  four,  1  of  line  five,  30  of  line 
ten,  19  of  line  eleven,  and  12  of  line  thirteen  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

\  sen,  orange-vellow.  svll.  char.  10.  11,  12,  14.  15.  16. 
1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  19,  20,  27,  29,  30,  31.  32. 

41.  Characters  4,  30,  and  35  of  line  two,  1  of  line  five,  31  of  line  six.  24 
of  line  eight,  30  of  line  ten,  19  of  line  eleven,  and  12  of  line  thirteen  are 
replaced  by  illustration  9. 

t  sen.  orange-vellow.  svll.  char.  10.  11,  12. 

1    „  '  blue,  sylL  char.  20,  22,  23.  24,  26,  27,  30,  32. 

The  five  succeeding  varieties  have  character  1 1  of  the  seventh  line  replaced 
by  illustration  14.  and  many  of  the  other  characters  are  in  larger  type. 

42.  Characters  4  of  line  two,  23  of  line  four,  and  24  of  line  eight  are 
replaced  by  illustration  9. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  svll.  char.  4.  7. 
1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  7,  10,  12.  14.  15. 

43.  Characters  4,  12,  30,  and  35  of  line  two,  23  of  line  four,  and  24  of 
line  eight  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  4.  7. 
1    „    blue,  syll  char.  8,  9.  12,  13,  15. 

44  Characters  12,  20,  30,  and  35  of  line  two,  23  of  line  four,  and  24  of 
line  eight  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

1  sen,  blue,  syll.  char.  4,  7.  12.  15,  16. 

45.  Characters  12  and  35  of  line  two,  23  of  line  four,  and  19  of  line  eleven 
are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

|  sen.  orange-vellow,  svll.  char.  10.  11,  12.  14.  17. 

I    ..  '  blue,  syll.  char.  18,  20,  22.  23.  24.  26,  27.  28,  29,  30,  31,  32,  33,  34. 

46.  Characters  4,  12,  20,  30,  and  3^  of  line  two,  23  of  line  four,  1  of  line 
rive,  31  of  line  six,  24  of  line  eight,  30  of  line  ten,  and  19  of  line  eleven  are 
replaced  by  illustration  9. 

1  sen,  blue,  syll.  char.  4,  10,  12,  13. 

■tinned.) 


EXHIBITION    OF    POSTAGE    STAMPS,    ETC.  37 


EXHIBITION    OF   POSTAGE   STAMPS,   Etc, 


The  Netherlands  Philatelic  Society,  whose  locale  is  at  Amsterdam,  is 
minded  to  celebrate,  or  rather  (to  use  the  words  of  their  Programme)  to  hold 
an  International  Exhibition  as  a  "  solemnization  of  the  five  years'  existence 
of  the  Society,"  and  has  forwarded  us  a  copy  of  the  regulations  under 
which  the  Exhibition  is  to  be  held. 

The  Exhibition  is  to  be  held  in  Amsterdam,  and  to  be  opened  on  the 
evening  of  the  20th  April,  and  for  the  public  on  the  three  following  days, 
from  11  a.m.  to  5  p.m.  each  day. 

The  Exhibition  will  be  international,  and  be  open  for  the  exposition  of 
postage  stamps,  unpaid  stamps,  entire  post  cards,  letter  cards,  envelopes  and 
newspaper  bands ;  blank  albums  (as  well  permanent  as  other  ones),  cata- 
logues, works  relative  to  Philately,  periodical  writings  ;  drawings  of  former 
and  present  means  of  conveyance ;  "  drawings  of  the  dressings  of  post- 
masters," post-riders  and  post-messengers,  etc.,  heretofore  and  now. 

All  exposed  stamps,  cards,  etc.,  must  be  fastened  on  sheets  specially  made 
for  the  purpose.  These-  sheets  are  to  be  had  at  the  price  of  fl.  0. 10  (2d. ) 
each.  (See  further  Art.  5  of  the  General  Conditions.)  Those  who  are 
already  in  possession  of  permanent  sheets  can  send  them  in,  provided  these 
sheets  are  not  larger  than  50  x  35  centimetres.  None  of  the  sheets  or 
cartoons  to  be  exhibited  may  be  folded. 

"The  number  of  objects  to  be  exhibited  is  unlimited.  Collections  in 
albums  will  not  be  admitted.  The  objects  will  be  placed  under  glass,  and 
insured  against  fire.  It  is  therefore  necessary  that,  on  sending  the  objects, 
at  the  same  time  to  state  their  value." 

"Exposers  do  not  want  to  pay  rent,  but  on  the  other  hand  they  are 
obliged  to  buy  three  tickets  in  the  lottery,  detailed  in  Art.  6  of  the  General 
Conditions." 

"  The  disposable  rewards  are : " 

1.  For  the  exposer  of  the  greatest  number  of  rare  stamps.— A  large 
silver-gilt  medal. 

2.  For  the  exposer  of  the  most  complete  collection  of  stamps,  unpaids, 
cards,  envelopes,  and  newspaper  bands  of  one  and  the  same  country. — 
Similar  prizes  to  those  in  No.  1. 

3.  For  the  exposer  of  the  most  complete  collection  of  postage  and  unpaid 
stamps  of  Europe,  being  composed  of  at  least  2000  stamps  without  variation 
(sic    We  suppose  "  varieties  "  is  meant. ).— A  silver  medal. 

4.  For  the  exposer  of  the  most  complete  collection  of  entire  envelopes 
and  post  cards. — A  large  bronze-gilt  medal. 

5.  For  the  exposer  of  the  most  complete  collection  of  entire  letter  cards 
and  newspaper  bands. — A  large  bronze  medal. 

6  and  7.  For  the  editor  of  the  most  practicable  (sic)  and  cheapest  per- 
manent album,  and  for  the  editor  of  the  most  practicable  {sic)  and  finest 
album. — Large  bronze  medals. 

In  addition  to  the  medals,  there  are  second  prizes  in  each  category,  con- 
sisting of  "  diplomas  of  honour ; "  and  two  "  diplomas  of  merit "  are  put  at 
the  disposal  of  the  Committee. 


38  PHILATELIC    SOCIETY    OF    LONDON. 

The  rules  are : 

"1.  The  Jury  will  be  composed  of  five  members,  all  of  them  being 
excluded  from  every  competition. 

"2.  Those  who  wish  to  expose  their  stamps,  etc.,  during  this  Exhibition, 
are  kindly  requested  to  inform  thereof  Mr.  A.  Huart,  Chairman  of  the 
Committee,  Nieuwendijk  114,  Amsterdam,  before  the  1th  of  April. 

"3.  The  objects  to  be  exhibited  must  be  delivered  at  Amsterdam  before 
or  on  the  loth  of  April,  free  of  freight  and  charges,  and  addressed  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Stamp  Exhibition,  Achterburgwal  215,  Amsterdam. 

"4.  By  Ministerial  Resolution  it  has  been  allowed  that  all  objects  bound 
for  this  Exhibition  can  be  imported  free  of  income  duty.  Exposers  will 
consequently  only  have  to  pay  a  some  petty  expenses  *for  Custom-house 
formalities. 

"5.  For  cartoons  or  sheets  must  be  applied  to  Mr.  Joh.  K.  Koning, 
Achterburgwal  215,  with  addition  of  a  P. O.O.  for  the  amount  of  the  cartoons 
to  be  supplied,  and  of  the  amount  of  price  of  the  three  tickets  in  the  lottery 
as  mentioned  in  Art.  6  of  the  Program. 

"6.  In  connection  with  this  Exhibition  a  large  lottery  of  stamps,  etc., 
will  be  held,  for  which  tickets  at  fl.  0.50  (2id.  for  prepayment  to  foreign 
countries)  are  to  be  had  at  the  address  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Committee." 

'•7.  All  expenses  for  returning  the  objects,  etc..  come  to  the  charge  of 
the  senders. 

"  8.  The  solemn  distribution  of  prizes  will  take  place  on  Wednesday,  the 
24th  of  April,  at  6  p.m. 

"9.  The  sale  of  stamps,  etc.,  in  the  Exhibition  Hall  will  not  be  allowed." 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON, 


COMMITTEE  FOR  THE  YEAR  1888-89. 

Preside/it.— F.  A.  Philbrick,  Q.C. 
Vice-President.— T.  K.  Taplixg,  M.P. 

Secretary. — D.  Garth. 

Assistant- Secretary — J.  A.  Tilleard. 

Treasurer  and  Librarian.     C.  X.  Biggs. 

Dr.  C.  W.  Yixer.      |       M.  P.  Castle.        |       A.  W.  Chambers. 

The  seventh  meeting  of  the  season  18SS-S9  was  held  at  the  Salisbury  Hotel, 
Fleet  Street,  on  Friday,  the  ISth  January,  1SS9.  at  7.30  p.m.,  and  was 
attended  by  twenty-one  members,  including  the  Yice-President,  who  occupied 
the  chair.  After  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  had  been  read  and  con- 
firmed, the  Secretary  announced  the  resignation  of  two  members  of  the 
Society,  Mrs.  Tebay  and  Mr.  Bouch,  both  of  which  were  accepted  with 
regret!  Upon  the  motion  of  Mr.  M.  P.  Castle,  seconded  by  Mr.  L.  Gibb, 
it  "was  unanimously  resolved  to  elect  Mrs.  Tebay  an  honorary  member  of 
the  Society.  The  Secretary  also  announced  the  receipt  from  Mr.  Siewert 
of  a  new  catalogue  of  Russian  local  stamps.  Mr.  J.  A.  Tilleard  was 
appointed  Assistant -Secretary  to  the  Society  upon  the  motion  of  the 
Yice-President,  seconded  by  Mr.  M.  P.  Castle.  After  a  discussion  of 
matters  of  no  public  interest,  the  meeting  proceeded  to  consider  the 
proposed  new  Statutes,  as  revised  by  the  Sub-Committee  appointed  for 
that  purpose,  and  the  same  were  finally  approved  and  adopted  as  the 
Statutes  of  the  Society.  No  other  business  was  taken. 
The  eighth  meeting  of  the  season  was  held  at  the  Salisbury  Hotel, 


DINNER   TO    THE    PHILATELIC    SOCIETY,    LONDON.  39 

Fleet  Street,  on  Friday,  the  1st  February,  at  7.30  p.m.,  thirteen  members 
being  present.  In  the  absence  of  the  President  and  Vice-President,  the 
chair  was  taken  by  Mr.  C.  N.  Biggs,  and  the  minutes  of  the  previous 
meeting  were  read  and  duly  confirmed.  Amongst  the  correspondence  sub- 
mitted to  the  meeting  was  a  letter  from  Mr.  Bassett  Hull,  in  reference  to 
the  proposed  publication  of  his  new  work  on  the  Postal  and  Fiscal  issues  of 
the  Stamps  of  Tasmania,  and  an  announcement  of  the  forthcoming  ex- 
hibition at  Amsterdam. .  Cordial  votes  of  thanks  were  accorded  to  the 
President  for  his  gift  to  the  Society,  as  an  addition  to  the  library,  of  a 
quantity  of  pamphlets  and  other  philatelic  literature,  and  for  his  kindness 
in  recently  entertaining  the  members  of  the  Society  at  dinner  at  the 
Holborn  Restaurant.  The  remaining  business  of  the  evening  consisted  in 
the  revision  of  the  Society's  Reference  List  of  the  Stamps  of  Barbados. 


DINNER  TO  THE  PHILATELIC  SOCIETY,  LONDON, 


On  Wednesday,  the  12th  December  last,  the  members  of  the  Society  were, 
with  a  few  private  friends,  the  guests  of  the  President,  Mr.  F.  A.  Philbrick,Q.c., 
at  dinner  at  the  Holborn  Restaurant.  About  forty  of  the  members  were 
able  to  accept  the  President's  hospitable  invitation,  and  it  is  needless  to  add 
that  the  entertainment  provided  was  worthy  at  once  of  the  reputation  of 
the  well-known  establishment  and  of  the  liberality  (not  for  the  first  time 
experienced  by  the  Society)  of  the  genial  host.  The  usual  loyal  toasts 
having  been  duly  honoured,  Sir  Daniel  Cooper,  Bart.,  Past  President  of  the 
Society,  rose  to  propose  the  Houses  of  Parliament,  urging  upon  his  hearers 
in  the  course  of  a  long  and  interesting  speech  the  sound  principles  of  govern- 
ment and  administration  which  existed  in  England  and  her  Colonies,  insisting 
that  upon  co-operation  with  her  Colonies  rested  the  future  integrity  and 
safety  of  the  Empire,  and  evidencing,  from  personal  experience  as  a  member 
of  the  Legislative  Council  of  New  South  Wales,  the  steady  and  rapid  growth 
of  British  power  in  her  Australian  Colonies.  The  Vice-President,  Mr.  T. 
K.  Tapling,  m.p.,  responded,  and  regretted  the  absence  of  the  Earl  of 
Kingston,  who  would,  if  present,  have  duly  acknowledged  the  toast  on 
behalf  of  the  House  of  Peers.  He  congratulated  Sir  Daniel  Cooper  upon 
having  an  easier  task  to  peform  in  the  management  of  a  Legislative 
Assembly  in  Sydney  than  as  Leader  of  our  House  of  Commons.  He 
believed  that  no  spirit  of  economy  would  prevent  any  Home  Government 
from  devoting  the  necessary  time  and  money  for  the  purpose  of  placing  our 
Colonies  in  a  position  of  safety  and  efficiency ;  he  trusted  that  a  grand 
scheme  of  Imperial  Federation  would  shortly  be  formulated  which  would  be 
to  the  lasting  benefit  of  both  the  Mother  Country  and  her  Colonies.  In 
speaking  of  the  House  of  Commons,  he  urged  that  it  was  a  House  composed 
upon  strongly  Democratic  principles  if  only  the  obstructive  element  could  be 
eliminated.  The  record  of  work  during  the  past  year  compared  favourably 
with  any  record  of  a  similar  period  during  the  current  century,  and  the 
measures  dealt  with  had  been  more  especially  of  benefit  to  the  working 
classes.  The  Army,  Navy,  and  Auxiliary  Forces  having  been  duly  responded 
to  by  the  Earl  of  Euston  and  Mr.  Rossiter,  the  health  of  the  host  of  the 
evening,  Mr.  Philbrick,  was  then  proposed  in  felicitous  terms  and  drunk 
with  enthusiasm.  The  President,  in  responding,  referred  to  the  speech  of 
Sir  Daniel  Cooper,  and  remarked  that  although  we  might  not  emulate  the 
standing  armies  of  some  foreign  powers,  we  could  keep  our  precedence  upon 
the  seas,  and  thereby  support  those  Dependencies  the  maintenance  of  which 
was  bound  up  with  our  national  honour.  He  gave  a  rapid  review  of  the 
progress  of  the  Philatelic  Society  during  the  twenty  years  of  its  existence, 
and  congratulated  its  members  upon  its  present  prominent  position  amongst 
the  kindred  societies  of  the  world.  They  had  reason  also  to  take  credit  to 
themselves  upon  the  recent  publication    of   the    Society's   Catalogue    of 


40  NOTES    AND    QUERIES. 

"  Oceania,"  which  had  been  received  and  reviewed  very  favourably  by  the 
most  competent  and  critical  authorities.  After  some  entertaining  anecdotes 
of  the  earlier  English  collectors  and  of  the  foundation  of  the  Society,  he 
dwelt  on  the  harmonious  and  cordial  feeling  which  had  always  prevailed 
among  its  members,  and  concluded  a  speech,  which  was  applauded  through- 
out, by  proposing,  amid  loud  cheers,  a  bumper  toast  to  the  success  and 
prosperity  of  the  Society.  After  this  had  been  duly  honoured  by  the  meet- 
ing, the  Assistant- Secretary,  Mr.  Douglas  Garth,  responded.  He  deplored 
the  absence  of  Mr.  Bacon,  whose  other  engagements  had  compelled  him  to 
resign  his  position  as  Secretary  to  the  Society,  and  who  had  requested  him 
to  communicate  this  to  the  members.  Mr.  Garth  bore  testimony  to  the 
very  valuable  services  rendered  to  the  Society  by  Mr.  Bacon  during  the 
period  of  six  years  that  he  had  been  in  office,  and  expressed  an  opinion  that 
his  loss  would  be  a  serious  one  to  the  members.  Other  toasts  followed,  and 
the  guests  separated  at  a  late  hour,  after  spending  a  most  enjoyable  evening. 

We  insert  the  foregoing  with  much  pleasure.  It.  is  said  as  a  reproach 
"  English  people  can  do  nothing  unless  they  meet  and  dine ; "  but  from  long 
residence  both  in  Paris  and  Brussels  we  have  doubts  whether  this  is  an 
English  speciality.  It  is  quite  certain  that  a  festive  gathering  is  an 
agreeable  aid  to  real  work,  and  that  occasions  like  the  one  above  recorded 
distinctly  mark  the  progress  of  the  Society  and  cement  good  feeling 
among  its  members. — Ed. 

liotes  antr  <£tu*rt*0» 

Mrs.  II.,  Nonvood. — Replying  to  your  letter,  no  stamps  were  used 
in  the  French  colonies  from  July,  1859 — when  the  first  of  the  eagle 
series  was  issued — down  to  December,  1871,  except  the  eagle  series. 
In  December,  1871,  the  colonies  were  supplied  with  imperforated 
copies  of  the  5  centimes,  non-laureated  head  of  Napoleon  III.,  and 
with  10  centimes,  bistre,  the  20  c,  blue,  and  the  40  c,  vermilion,  of 
the  type  of  the  Republic  (head  of  Liberty),  as  also  with  the  1  centime 
(Empire),  and  later  on  with  the  30  and  80  centimes  (head  of  Liberty). 
All  these  were,  at  the  time,  part  of  the  current  issue  in  France,  and 
were  all  perforated  for  use  in  that  country ;  and  you  are  in  error  in 
describing  them  as  obsolete.  Of  the  above,  the  10  c.  and  the  40  c.  are 
of  the  same  type  as  the  home  issue,  1849  and  1850  ;  but  they  may 
be  readily  distinguished  by  the  difference  in  the  shades  of  colour.  The 
10  centimes  of  1850  is  more  olive  in  tone ;  and  the  40  c.  of  1849  is 
more  orange. 

The  same  observation  holds  good  as  to  distinguishing  between  the 
20  c.  (head  of  Liberty),  imperforate,  sent  out  to  the  colonies  in  1871, 
and  the  impression  of  the  same  stamp  made  in  1850,  of  which  some 
few  copies  have  been  found  issued  by  mistake.  The  blue  of  1850  is  a 
full  blue  ;  that  of  1871  is  paler,  and  of  a  different  kind. 

As  to  the  obliterations  on  the  colonial  stamps,  they  had  usually  the 
initials  of  the  colony  in  the  centre  of  the  dotted  effacing  mark ;  at 
other  times  those  of  some  military  expedition  ;  while  the  effacing  stamps 
used  in  the  mother  country,  and  in  its  foreign  consular  offices,  had  a 
number,  the  foreign  offices  commencing  with  5001.  The  anchor  you 
refer  to  in  the  centre  was,  we  believe,  used  for  letters  picked  up  by  the 
French  mail  packets  en  route,  and,  we  have  been  informed,  was  affixed 
by  the  officer  on  board  in  charge  of  the  mails  ;  but  of  this  we  are  by  no 
means  certain.  All  we  know  is  that  they  occasionally  arrived  by  the 
French  foreign  mails,  and  were,  we  think,  in  all  cases,  stamps  of  the 
mother  country. 

Stanley,  Gibbons  &  Co.,  8,  Gower  Street,  London,  W.C. 


SFtaj  pitifat$4  J^at[i 


Vol.  XI. 


MARCH,  1889. 


No.  123. 


,E  were  somewhat  tired  of  the  word  "Jubilee,"  and 
have  scarcely  had  time  for  repose,  when  the  question 
is  put  to  us  whether  the  approaching  6  th  May  is  or  is 
not  the  jubilee  of  the  adhesive  postage  stamp ;  and  if 
it  is,  should  not  some  special  notice  of  the  event  be 
taken  % 
The  word  "jubilee"  appears  to  have  been  primarily 
employed  to  denote  a  Jewish  festival  held  in  every  fiftieth  year, 
and  proclaimed  on  the  day  of  atonement  by  sound  of  the  trumpet. 
In  more  modern  times  the  term  has  been  applied  to  the  year  set 
apart  for  the  reception  of  pious  offerings  from  those  who  visited 
the  Church  of  St.  Peter  at  Rome,  and  was  first  appointed  by  Pope 
Boniface  VIII.  in  1300,  who  ordered  that  it  should  recur  every 
100  years.  It  having,  however,  been  found  to  be  the  means  of 
bringing  much  wealth  to  the  church,  Clement  VI.,  who  was  Pope 
from  1342-1352,  shortened  the  period  to  50  years,  so  that  it  might 
be  held  during  the  time  he  occupied  the  papal  chair.  Urban  VI., 
in  order  to  have  one  while  he  was  Pope,  altered  the  period  to  33 
years,  and  Sextus  V.  to  25  years,  at  which  it  still  remains.  When 
we  come  to  the  use  of  the  word  secularly,  we  find  it  applied  to  a 
festival  in  honour  of  Shakespeare,  in  1769;  to  the  celebration  of 
the  entrance  of  George  III.  on  the  50th  year  of  his  reign,  and  to 
that  of  the  completion  of  the  50th  year  of  the  reign  of  Her  present 
Majesty.  We  cannot  but  think  that  the  latter  is  the  more  sensible 
view,  and  that  under  whatever  name  it  may  go,  the  celebration  of 
the  accomplishment  of  half  a  century  is  better  than  that  of  the 
date  of  the  entry  upon  it.  It  is  true  that  if  a  man  were  born  on 
the  6th  May,  1840,  his  fiftieth  birthday  would  be  the  6th  May, 
1889;  but  he  would  not  be  50  years  old  till  the  completion  of 
the  year. 


42  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND   RESUSCITATIONS, 

As  to  what  should  be  done  to  celebrate  the  event,  is  a  question 
which  there  is  ample  time  to  determine.  Our  experience  of 
exhibitions  of  postage  stamps  is  not  a  very  favourable  one,  as  all 
that  is  valuable  is  necessarily  a  sealed  book  to  any  but  the  judges, 
and  the  public  might  just  as  well  look  upon  a  row  of  empty  scrap- 
books  as  on  the  outside  of  a  collection  worth  thousands  of  pounds. 
We  have  seen  what  a  congress  did  in  1878,  and  are  not  so  greatly 
enamoured  with  its  proceedings  as  to  recommend  a  repetition  of 
the  experiment,  and  yet  it  was  held  in  a  year  when  the  Inter- 
national Exhibition  brought  thousands  of  visitors  to  Paris  from  the 
uttermost  parts  of  the  earth.  We  only  offer  these  observations  as 
our  individual  opinion,  which  we  have  been  requested  to  give. 
That  the  event  of  the  first  issue  of  postage  stamps  should  be 
celebrated  in  some  way  on  Tuesday,  the  6th  May,  1890,  can 
scarcely,  we  think,  admit  of  contradiction;  but  the  mode  in 
which  it  should  be  done,  and  the  form  it  should  take,  are  questions 
that  may  well  be  left  to  the  Philatelic  Society  of  London  to 
determine.  We  wish  it  could  be  celebrated  by  the  creation  of  a 
rate  of  a  farthing  for  small  printed  circulars  under  half  an  ounce, 
and  the  old  die  might  then  be  utilised  for  the  purpose  of 
the  stamp. 


TffltHjIiiijs,  J)i$tnuirb$t  nnb  \tpmtihihm< 


Bhopal. — We  have  again  a  fresh  plate  of  the  J  anna,  green, 
and  also  of  the  \  anna,  black  (square),  both  in  thirty-two  varieties 
of  eight  horizontal  rows  of  four  each.  As  far  as  design  goes  they 
do  not  differ  from  the  former  issues,  but  there  are  sufficient  varieties 
in  the  details  to  distinguish  them.  In  the  \  anna  green,  which  is  now 
printed  in  deeper  colour,  we  have  not  noticed  any  mistakes  in  the 
inscription,  except  in  the  twentieth  stamp,  where  the  word  shah 
is  spelt  sah.  The  J  anna,  black,  seems  also  comparatively  free 
from  errors,  except  of  faulty  letters.  The  impression  is  on  thin 
white  wove  paper,  and  the  \  anna,  green,  comes  both  imperforate  and 
perforated  six,  with  a  perforation  not  so  ragged  as  in  the  last  issue, 
but  the  holes  are  at  very  irregular  distances  from  each  other,  and 
the  lines  are  anything  but  straight.  There  is  an  outer  coloured  line 
round  the  sheet  of  the  stamps  of  both  the  \  anna,  green,  and  the 
\  anna,  black. 

\  anna,  deep  blue-green  ;  imperforate  on  white  wove. 
|     ,,      deep  green  ;  perforated  six  „ 

|    ,,      black  ;  imperforate  ,, 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS.  43 

Brazil. — We  have  received  some  further  additions  to  the  new 
lot  of  postal  stationery,  a  portion  only  being  chronicled  in  our 
last.  In  the  first  place  we  have  to  complete  our  list  of  the  journal 
adhesives  by  adding  three  higher  values,  500,  700,  and  1000,  of 
the  same  type.  Next  we  have  two  additional  wrappers  of  40  reis 
and  60  reis  embossed  with  stamps,  the  frames  of  which  are  of  the 
pattern  of  the  envelope  stamp  of  1867,  as  we  mentioned  in  our 
last,  though  we  failed  to  add  that  the  inscription  in  the  upper  part 
is  brazil  correio,  and  the  value  in  letters  in  the  lower  part.  The 
envelope  of  100  reis  now  appears  in  emerald-green,  on  plain  white 
laid  paper,  and  is  accompanied  by  one  of  200  reis  in  pink.  Lastly, 
we  have  a  post-card  with  a  stamp  of  40  reis  in  the  right  upper 
angle,  of  the  type  of  the  adhesive  100  reis  of  1878,  the  die  having 
been  altered  in  some  trifling  details  at  the  foot,  to  accommodate  the 
longer  inscription  of  the  value,  and  to  allow  of  the  numerals  in  the 
side  ovals  being  made  larger.  To  the  left  of  the  stamp  is  a 
horizontal  tablet,  with  scroll  ends,  inscribed  bilhete  postal,  and 
an  arched  ornament  above.  Underneath  are  the  instructions, 
neste  lado  so  o  endereco,  followed  by  four  lines  for  the  address, 
and  brazil  in  the  left  lower  corner  in  shaded  capitals.  The 
imprint  of  the  American  Bank  Note  Company  is  at  the  foot. 

We  suppose  that  the  same  card  is  used  as  a  reply,  for  we  have 
received  two  folded  at  the  top,  which,  when  opened  out,  show  that 
they  are  printed  consecutively,  and  are  merely  unseparated  single 
cards,  there  being  no  difference  in  the  inscriptions. 

Adhesives.       500  reis,  orange-yellow  ;  rouletted. 
700 


1000    , 

>  J                                    J  5 
J  J                                    5> 

Wrappers. 

40    , 

blue  on  whity-brown. 

60    , 

brown             ,, 

Envelopes. 

100    , 

emerald-green  on  white  laid. 

200    , 

pink                               ,, 

Post  Card. 

40    , 

blue  on  rosy-buff. 

British  Bechuanaland. — The  present  abominable  system  of 
surcharging  affords  an  ample  field  for  collectors  of  varieties  de- 
pendent on  the  vagaries  of  the  operator.  Amongst  the  stamps 
which  have  gone  through  the  process,  and  afforded  collectors  the 
opportunity  of  adorning  their  pages  with  a  considerable  number  of 
what  we  hope  they  are  happy  with,  those  of  the  Cape  of  Good 
Hope  are  somewhat  conspicuous.  If  Griqualand  had  only  con- 
tinued to  this  day,  what  a  lovely  collection  of  G's  there  would  have 
been  !  The  mantle  seems  now  to  have  fallen  on  British  Bechuana- 
land, if  we  may  judge  from  the  erratic  performances  on  the  Cape 
of  Good  Hope  halfpenny  stamps  referred  to  in  our  last  number. 
We  took  a  longitudinal  strip  of  ten  from  the  left  margin  of  one 
of  the  sheets.  The  five  upper  ones,  in  addition  to  the  horizontal 
surcharge  as  before  described,  are  surcharged  again  with  "  Bechuana- 
land British  "  longitudinally,  while  the  five  lower  stamps  have  no 
surcharge  at  all. 

Adhesive.   %  penny,  black  (Cape  of  Good  Hope),  varieties  of  surcharge  in  green. 
123* 


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NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 


Messrs.  Whitfield,  King,  and  Co.  inform  us  that  there  were 
only  700  copies  of  the  threepence,  "unappropriated  die,"  sur- 
charged with  "  One  halfpenny,"  and  that  all  were  used  in  the  post. 
Our  description  was  certainly  taken  from  an  unused  specimen,  and 
it  seems  somewhat  curious  to  have  surcharged  only  three  sheets. 

Protectorate. — With  the  above  surcharged  halfpenny  stamps  of 
the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  we  receive  the  same  surcharged  in  green, 
with  "  Bechuanaland  "  near  the  top  of  the  figure,  and  "Protectorate" 
at  the  foot. 

Adhesive.    |  penny,  black  (Cape  of  Good  Hope),  surcharged  in  green. 

Bulgaria. — We  mentioned  in  our  last  a  surcharge  of  the  stamps 
of  5  stotinki.  We  now  annex  an  engraving, 
showing  how  the  surcharge  is  applied. 

Canada. — In  our  number  for  April,  1887,  we 
referred  to  certain  Canadian  envelopes,  post  cards, 
and  wrappers  that  had  been  surcharged  service, 
which  Mr.  Hechler,  there  referred  to,  declared 
had  been  issued  to  the  troops  sent  out  to  put 
down  the  insurrection  in  the  Xorth  -Western 
provinces  in  1885.  We  have  received  through  Mr.  Campbell  the 
history  of  these  surcharges,  as  given  by  the  postmaster  of  Halifax, 
which  tallies  exactly  with  the  information  we  received  from  Major 
Evans.  Mr.  Hechler  was  a  captain  in  a  Volunteer  regiment  des- 
patched to  assist  in  putting  down  the  insurrection,  and  had  the 
words  official  or  service  printed  on  a  number  of  the  Government 
envelopes,  post  cards,  and  wrappers,  as  desired,  for  sending  notices 
of  drill,  &c,  to  his  company;  but  they  were  neither  issued  nor 
recognized  by  the  Government  of  Canada.  It  is  for  these,  which 
the  postmaster  says  are  intrinsically  worth  nothing,  that  at  the 
present  time  a  dollar  each  is  being  asked.  We  should  not  again 
have  referred  to  these  manipulated  stamps  had  it  not  been  that  in 
the  Supplement  to  M.  Moens'  Catalogue,  now  in  course  of  publi- 
cation, they  are  recorded  without  notice  of  any  doubt  as  to  their 
being  a  genuine  governmental  issue.  It  was  a  smart  notion  of 
Mr.  Heckler  to  turn  his  military  duties  into  the  direction  of  his 
business  as  a  stamp  dealer;  but  the  collections  of  amateurs  are 
now  so  overladen  with  postal  stationery  that  they  may  dispense 
with  specimens  of  these  without  much  sorrow  of  heart. 

Ceylon. — The  Timbre-Poste  mentions  a  surcharge  of  the  post- 
card of  Six  Cents,  which  does  not  seem  to  have  been  hitherto 
chronicled.  Whether  it  dates  from  some  time  back, 
or  is  of  recent  manufacture,  does  not  appear;  but, 
at  all  events,  it  is  one  of  those  varieties  which 
the  authorities  in  Ceylon  are  so  clever  in  making. 
Instead  of  the  surcharge  being  over  the  old  value, 
as  before,  it  is  now  just  above  it,  and  the  original 
value  is  barred  by  a  single  thick  line. 


niii  on 


Post  Card.     5  cents  on  6  cents,  blue  on  buff ;  surcharge  in  black. 


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Chamba. — In  November  last  we  chronicled  the  registration 
envelope,  size  F,  which  we  had  then  just  received,  with  the  sun 
surrounded  by  a  circular  halo.  We  have 
hitherto  had  no  opportunity  of  showing  this 
type,  and  we  therefore  now  annex  an  illus- 
tration. 

Colombia. — The  Timbre-Poste  chronicles 
an  official  Cubierta,  with  a  double-lined  frame, 
and  bearing  the  followiDg  inscription  in  black : 

REPUBLICA   DE    COLOMBIA. 

Servicio  de  correos  nacionales. 
Certincado  oficial. 
Sal  de  en         de  de  188 

Eemite  El  Administrador. 

Official  Cubierta.     Black  on  white  batonne  blue. 

Congo. — We  have  received  from  Messrs.  Whitfield,  King,  and 
Co.,  the  5  francs,  violet,  with  a  surcharge  of  "  colis  postaux — 
Fr  3.50,"  in  a  new  type.  It  is  now  within  a  double-lined  frame, 
15£  x  6  mm.  At  the  same  time  we  also  receive  a  stamp  of 
25  centimes,  of  the  same  type  as  that  of  the  5  francs,  printed  in 
dull  blue. 

Further,  we  have  to  chronicle  two  post  cards.  That  of  15 
centimes  is  exactly  similar  to  the  last  issue,  described  in  our 
number  for  May  of  last  year;  but  the  colour  of  the  impression 
and  of  the  card  is  changed,  the  inscription  and  the  stamp  and 
arms  being  also  now  of  the  same  colour.  The  card  of  10  centimes 
only  differs  from  that  of  15  centimes  in  the  colour  and  upper 
inscriptions,  which  are  Mat  independant  du  Congo — carte  postale, 
in  two  lines,  followed  by  "  (Service  de  l'interieur  et  des  pays 
limitrophes  jusques  et  y  compris  Libreville  au  Nord  et  Mossamedes 
au  Sud.)" 

AdJiesives.     25  centimes,  dull  blue  on  white  wove;  perf.  15. 

5  francs,  violet ;  surch.  in  black  , , 

Post  Cards.     10  centimes,  black  on  white. 
15         „  carmine  on  buff. 

Danish  West  Indies. — The  new  edition  of  the  post  card  of 
2  cents  has  five  lines  for  the  address,  like  the  3  cents  of  1887. 
Post  Card.     2  cents,  blue  on  white  ;  new  issue. 

Egypt. — The  10  piastres  has  made  its  appearance,  of  the  same 
type  as  the  current  issue ;   watermark  "  Star 
and  Crescent;"  perforated  14. 

Adhesive.     10  piastres,  violet. 

Paridkot. — We  have  the  \  anna  (1883)  in 
vermilion-red,  on  white  wove  paper,  imperforate. 
The  paper  is  ruled  in  squares,  but  the  stamp 
does  not  always  keep  on  the  square. 

Adhesive.     \  anna  (type  1883),  vermilion-red. 


46  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND   RESUSCITATIONS. 

Der  Philatelist  reports  the  envelope  of  1  anna  (118  x  66  mm.) 
on  white  laid  paper,  with  the  arms  in  black. 

Envelope.     1  anna,  brown ;  surcharge  in  black ;  arms  in  black. 

Fiji  Islands. — Der  Philatelist  reports  the  "Stamp  Duty" 
stamp  of  1  shilling  as  surcharged  with  "Postage — 1/-"  in  black, 
and  used  postally.  We  are  curious  to  know  the  reason  of  gilding 
gold  before  we  can  give  full  credit  to  this. 

French  Colonies. — No  wonder  that  collectors  begin  to  cry 
out  and  hate  the  very  sight  of  our  heading.  We  have  to  chronicle 
a  fresh  lot  of  these  abominations. 

Gabon. — A  contemporary  publishes  the  following  Decree,  dated 
Libreville,  December  28th,  1888  : 

"  We,  Lieutenant-Governor  of  Gabon,  Officer  of  the  Legion  of  Honour  : 
Considering  the  loss  from  inevitable  cause  of  two  lots  of  postage  stamps 
despatched  consecutively  to  this  colony  by  the  sailing  ships  Brave  and 
Violette,  and  the  delay  in  the  despatch  of  the  new  order  sent  imperatively 
to  the  department  by  cdblogramme  "—what  a  wonderful  word  !— "  on  the 
29th  September  last. 

"  Considering  the  impossibility  of  satisfying  from  the  remaining  stock  on 
hand  the  demands  for  franking  correspondence  to  France,  to  foreign  parts, 
and  the  different  posts  of  the  interior. 

"  Considering  that  if  franking  in  money  is  not  admitted  in  international 
relations,  the  facility  for  adopting  this  measure  cannot  be  denied  by  the 
administration,  so  far  as  relates  to  the  franking  of  the  internal  corres- 
pondence. On  the  proposition  of  the  interim  Minister  of  the  Interior  we 
have  decreed  and  do  decree  as  follows  : 

"  1.  Steps  shall  be  taken  by  the  Receiver  of  the  Posts  for  the 
transformation  of  4000  stamps  of  0  fr.  05  cent,  into  stamps  of 
0  fr.  25  cent,  by  means  of  a  simple  surcharge  with  a  hand-stamp. 

"2.   Until  the  arrival  of  the  stock  of  stamps  ordered  in  the 

Metropolis  the  franking  shall  be  made  at  the  wicket  of  the  Post 

Office  in  postage  stamps  for  the  foreign  correspondence  and  by  the 

stamp  P.  D.  for  the  internal  correspondence. 

"No  sale  of  postage  stamps  shall  be  made  except  for  the  purpose  of 

immediate  franking." 

This  latter  clause  is  as  it  should  be,  and  collectors  must  therefore 
be  content  with  obliterated  specimens.  We  wish  they  would  in 
all  cases  of  surcharges,  and  it  would  be  found  that  much  fewer 
were  necessary. 

Adhesive,     25  c.  on  5  c,  green  on  pale  green  ;  surcharge  in  black. 

Guadeloupe. — Mr.  Mackenzie  has  been  good  enough  to  send 
us  specimens  of  these  stamps,  with  the  Decree  ordering  the  sur- 
charge, of  which  the  following  is  a  translation  of  all  that  is  im- 
portant : 

"Decree  transforming  the  stamps  of  20  centimes  into  stamps  of  3,  15, 
and  25  centimes. 

"  The  governor  of  Guadeloupe  and  dependencies. 

"  Whereas  the  provision  of  postage  stamps  of  3,  15,  and  25  cent,  is  com- 
pletely exhausted ; 

"Considering  the  large  stock  of  stamps  of  20  c,  the  use  of  which  is 
not  common ; 


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47 


"Considering  the  necessity  of  immediately  supplying  the  wants  of  the 
public,  and  of  providing  against  any  impediments  in  the  despatch  of 
correspondence ; 
"  On  the  proposition  of  the  Director  of  the  Interior,  It  is  ordered  : 
"Art.  1.  Until  the  receipt  of  the  postage  stamps  of  3,  15,  and  25 
centimes,  stamps  of  20  centimes  shall  be  delivered  to  the  public  at  the  prices 
of  3,  15,  and  25  c.  These  stamps  shall  bear  the  vignettes  below,  printed  in 
black  by  the  Government  Printing  Office." 


GUADELOUPE 


centimes 


GUADELOUPE 


15 

centimes 


GUADELOUPE 


25 

centimes 


The  other  articles  relate  to  the  mode  in  which 
the  operation  is  to  be  carried  out  under  the  sur- 
veillance of  a  commission.  We  annex  an  en- 
graving showing  the  surcharge  of  3  centimes. 

Adhesives. 
3  centimes  on  20  c,  brick-red  on  green ;  surch.  in  black. 


Indo-China. — We  have  received  from  Messrs. 
Whitfield,  King,  and  Co.  a  specimen  of  the 
35  c,  black  on  yellow,  surcharged  in  black  at 
the  top  indo -chine,  a  large  numeral  of  "5" 
over  the  primitive  value,  r  in  the  left  lower 
angle,  and  d  in  the  right. 

Adliesive.     5  centimes  on  35  c,   black  on  yellow ; 
surcharge  in  black. 


IH 


Martinique. — The  Timbre- Poste  mentions  several  errors  in  the 
late  surcharges. 

Adhesives.     01  on  20  c,  brick-red  on  green  ;  the  value  not  followed  by  a  c. 
05  c.  on  4  c,  brown  on  blue  ;  the  value  followed  by  a  c. 
15  c.  on  20  c,  brick-red  on  green  ;  15  e.  at  top,  Martinique 

below. 
15  c.  on  20  c,  brick-red  on  green ;  same  as  last,  but  without 

MARTINIQUE. 

Gibraltar. — Messrs.  De  La  Eue  and  Co.  have  fitted  out  the 
fort  with  a  strong  supply  of  postal  stationery.  We  have  just  received 
the  following  of  the  type  of  the  \  penny  card  of  1887  : 

Post  Cards.     1|  pence,  chocolate-brown  on  bulf. 
§+§  penny,  bright  green         ,, 
1  +  1      ,,        carmine  ,, 

H  +  H  pence,  dark  brown        ,, 
Wrapper.     1  penny,  carmine  on  whity-brown,  with  instructions. 

This  latter  has  the  old  form  of  instructions  upon  it. 


48  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 

Great  Britain. — We  are  advancing  in  the  alphabet  of  the 
one  penny.  The  sheets  now  bear  the  letter  K  under  the  239th 
stamp. 

Some  of  the  white  post  cards  lately  seen  by  us  are  printed  on 
card  of  a  dead  white  colour,  and  are  thinner  than  any  we  have 
before  seen.  This  is  not  due  to  any  extra  milling,  as  the  cards 
weigh  less,  though  they  are  still  eightpence  per  dozen. 

Gwalior. — Messrs.  Stanley,  Gibbons,  and  Co.  have  shown  us 
an  Indian  envelope  of  \  anna,  blue,  of  1877,  surcharged  in  red 
with  gwalior,  and  the  equivalent  in  Hindoo  immediately  below. 
The  arms  are  in  dull  ultramarine.  The  envelope  bears  the  Gwalior 
postmark  of  December  22nd,  1887. 
Envelope.  J  anna,  blue  (1877),  surcharged  in  red ;  arms  in  dull  ultramarine. 
.-^.-..■wwju^  Holkar. — The  engraving  annexed  shows  the 
\    type  of  the  new  issue  described  in  our  last. 

Nabha. — We  have  just  received  the  follow- 


ing   Indian    stamps,    surcharged   with    nabha 

state  in  two  lines,   and   bearing  the  further 

surcharge  of    service  in  the  case  of   three  of 

them,  all  being  in  black.     So  far  as  the  1  anna 

*"*"      is  concerned  this  is  no  novelty,  but  the  others 

were  previously  surcharged  in  other  colours.     It  seems  therefore 

probable  that  the  black  surcharge  will  be  extended  to  all  the  values. 

Adhesive.     \  anna,  green,  surcharged  in  black. 
Official.     |    „  „  „ 

1     ,,       purple -brown    ,, 
4     ,,       olive-green        ,, 

Further,  we  have  the  post  card  of  J  anna,  brown  on  buff, 
surcharged  nabha  state  in  two  lines  in  black,  with  the  arms 
below,  also  in  black. 

Post  Card.     £  anna,  brown  on  buff ;  arms  in  black. 

Natal. — Mr.  Mackenzie  sends  us  the  five  shillings,  on  paper 
watermarked  iCA,  perforated  14,  the  watermark  appearing  side- 
ways on  the  stamp.  We  do  not  know  how  long  since  the  issue 
took  place,  for  the  stamp  does  not  appear  to  have  any  great  cir- 
culation. It  was  originally  issued,  in  1874,  on  m  CC  paper, 
and  perforated  15.  A  second  batch  was  issued  about  1880,  on 
the  same  paper,  but  perforated  14. 

Adhesive.     5  shillings,  maroon,  wmlc.  Sg  CAj  perf.  14. 

New  South  Wales. — We  have  the  eightpence  showing  the 
lyre  bird  in  an  oval.  The  representation  of  the  bird  is  good,  but 
the  accessories  are  in  bad  taste,  being  too  confused  and  cramped. 
The  value  is  on  a  straight  tablet  at  the  foot.  Above  the  oval  is 
"new  south  wales  postage/'  and  at  the  feet  of  the  bird,  within 
the  oval,  is  "one  hundred  years."  The  impression  is  on  paper 
watermarked  m  N.S.W.,  and  the  perforation  11  \  x  11. 
Adhesive.     8  pence,  pink-mauve. 


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Nicaragua. — We  have  omitted  to  chronicle  a  post  card  of 
3  centavos  which  appeared  last  year,  for  the  good  reason  that  we 
had  not  received  specimens  until  lately.  In  the  centre  is  a  stamp 
of  3  centavos  of  the  type  of  the  current  adhesives,  intercepting  a 
straight  tablet  inscribed  tarjeta  to  the  left,  and  postal  to  the 
right.  The  instructions  below  are  given  with  precision — under 
"Tarjeta"  is  "en  este  frente  se  escribe  la  direccion,"  and 
under  "Postal"  is  "a  la  vuelta  lo  que  de  quiera  comunicar." 
Underneath  the  stamp  is  the  imprint  of  the  American  Bank  Note 
Company.  The  impression  is  in  blue  on  buff,  and  the  card 
measures  138  x  91  mm. 

Post  Card.     3  centavos,  blue  on  buff. 

Persia. — We  learn  from  our  Brussels  contemporary  that  a  new 
rnj-au-.nj^ai     series  of  stamps,  of  the  type  annexed,  has  been 
->    despatched   from   Paris.      The    design   does   not 
reflect  much  credit  on  the  manufacturer ;  for  any- 
thing more  commonplace  and  ugly  can  scarcely 
be  conceived.     We  need  not  describe  it,  as  the 
engraving  is  a  good  representation  of  it.      The 
impression  is    on   white   wove    paper,   and    the 
perforation  11£. 
AdJiesives.     1  shahi,  pink.  |  2  shahi,  pale  blue.   [  5  shahi,  pale  violet. 

Peru. — The  Provisional  stamp  of  25  centavos,  carmine, 
1881-82,  already  surcharged,  in  black,  "Provisional  1881-1882," 

—  — and  originally  issued  by  the    ========= 

Government     at     Arequipa,    & 
has   again  been   called  into 
use,    and    has    appeared   in 
two  varieties,  one  surcharged 
only  "  1888,"  and  the  other 
with     "Habilitado      1888." 
The  engraver  of  the  repre- 
sentation  of  the  two  types 
of  surcharge  seems  to  have 
somewhat  drawn  on  his  imagination,  but  the  two  engravings  are 
intended  for  the  same  stamp  with  the  two  varieties  of  surcharge. 
Adhesives.     25  centavos,  carmine,  surcharge  in  black  "  1888." 

25        „  „  „  "  Habilitado  1888." 

Philippines. — We  have  the  following,  surcharged  "  2$  Cmos," 
in  the  current  type,  in  darker  coloured  ink  than  before,  it  being 
now  violet-carmine.  We  annex  an  engraving  mK 
of  the  surcharged  20  c.  de  peso,  "derechos  de  SUP 
firm  a."  Adhesives. 

2|  cmos  on  I  de  centavo  (impresos),  yellow- 
green, 

2f      ,,        50  milesimas  (1887),  pale  olive, 

2|      ,,  5  c.  de  peso  (1887),  slate-grey, 

2|      ,,        20        ,,  (derechos  de  firma), 

brown, 

2f      ,,      200  mil.  de  peso  ,,       green, 


25  cenlaoos. 


50  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 

Russian  Locals. — Kolomna. — We  extract  the  following  from 
the  Timbre- Poste,  received  from  a  correspondent. 

"Notification  by  the  Rural  Administration  of  Kolomna. 

"In  consequence  of  a  carefully- drawn  report  of  the  rural 
tribunal,  confirmed  by  the  ordinary  rural  assembly  of  Kolomna 
section,  1888,  the  following  rates  for  the  despatch  of  correspon- 
dence by  the  rural  posts,  within  the  rural  district  and  vice  versa, 
will  come  into  force  from  the  1st  January,  1889  : 

"1.  For  letter  and  ordinary  correspondence  of  every  kind,  3 
kopecks  each. 

"  2.  For  registered  packets,  5  kopecks  each. 

"  3.  Do.  with  declared  value,  1  kopeck  per  rouble. 

"  4.  For  printed  matter,  journals,  and  gazettes  of  any  kind,  2 
kopecks  for  one  packet  per  week." 

The  same  correspondent  adds  that  the  blue  stamps  of  1,2,  and 
3  kopecks,  described  in  our  last,  are  for  the  franking  of  letters 
and  packets  from  Kolomna  to  the  interior  of  the  district ;  and  the 
1  and  3  kopecks,  red,  are  for  the  postage  from  the  interior  to 
Kolomna  and  beyond. 

Malmyche. — The  stamp  of  2  kopecks,  black  on  dark  blue,  of 
1887,  now  comes  to  hand  printed  on  white  paper,  both  in  blue 
and  in  solferino ;  but  the  above-named  journal  has  no  information 
of  the  raison  d'etre. 

Adhesives.     2  kopecks,  blue  on  white. 

2        ,,       solferino  on  white. 

Perejaslaw. — The  stamp  of  January,  1888,  in  blue  on  orange, 
is  replaced  by  one  of  the  same  type,  in  red  on  yellow ;  perforated 
*Af-  Adhesive.     5  kopecks,  red  on  yellow. 

Prilouky. — Since  the  1st  January  last  the  stamp  of  5  kopecks 
is  printed  either  on  yellow-green  or  blue-green  paper. 

Adhesives.     5  kopecks,  black  on  yellow-green. 
5        ,,        black  on  blue -green. 

Tschembar. — Der   Philatelist   mentions   the    ' 
issue  of  a  new  stamp,  on  the  22nd  ]^"ovember    $ 
last,   of  a  design  shown  in   the  annexed  en- 
graving.    ISo  value  is  shown  on  the  face  of 
the  stamp,  but  it  is  stated  to  be  5  kopecks. 
It  is  printed  in  colours  on  plain  white  paper,    ? 
and  perforated  12. 

Adhesive.     No  value  (5  kopecks),  black,  green,  yellow, 
and  blue. 

St.  Vincent. — "We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  Mackenzie  for  sending 
us  the  envelope  of  a  registered  letter,  postmarked  "  Kingstown, 
St.  Vincent,  ]STov.  25,  1888,"  and  franked  with  a  five  shilling 
stamp  of  the  design  of  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.,  originally  issued 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 


51 


as  a  revenue  stamp.     It  is  now  printed  in  a  rich  deep  crimson,  on 
paper  watermarked  W  CA,  and  perforated  14. 

Adhesive.     5  shillings,  deep  carmine;  wmk.  ^  CA;  perf.  14. 

The  Philatelic  World  states  that  it  learns  from  a  very  reliable 
source  that  the  number  of  provisional  stamps  of  St.  Yincent  was 
as  follows : 

1880. — 1800  of  Id.  being  half-stamps  of  6  pence,  green,  sur- 
charged in  red. 
1881. — 1440  of  J  penny,  similarly  made,  surcharged  in  red. 

720  of  1  penny,  surcharged  in  black  on  6  pence,  green. 
630  of  4  pence,  surcharged  in  black  on  1  shilling,  ver- 
milion. 
1883. — 124,440  of  2  J  pence,  surcharged  in  black  on  1  penny, 

lake  (still  in  use). 
1884. — 12,000  of  1  penny,  surcharged  in  black  on  the  preceding. 

Sarawak. — A  correspondent  writes  us  that  he  received  the 
entire  series  of  these  stamps,  and  that  the  25  cents  is  green,  with 
red-brown  tablet. 

Adhesive. 
25  cents,  green  ;  tablet  red-brown  ;  perf.  14. 

Tasmania. — From  an  official  letter  we  find 
that  the  penny  stamps  surcharged  "  Halfpenny" 
came  into  use  on  the  1st  of  January. 

A  new  issue  of  halfpenny  stamps  will  make 
its  appearance  shortly. 


iaj  «_r>-rv_rLn  r'/^.' 


j-vj-u-v  n_r\_rv-' 


Travancore. — We  are  at  length  enabled  to  give  engravings  of 
these  stamps,  which,  through  the  kindness  of  a  subscriber,  the 
late  Mr.  Sheppard,  we  were  able  to  announce  in  November  last. 


j-v.  J^Lrvrv_r\_n_r\_r\_rLr 


*■:  T_r\-r\-ru-\J~L/-,.j  \j-wjtj-uT 


Tunis. — We  have  the  1  centime  in  the  type  with  the  back- 
ground filled  in  and  perforated,  and  we  see  the  five  francs  is  also 
reported  of  the  same  type. 

Adhesives.     1  centime,  black  on  violet-blue,  altered  type ;  perforated  1S\. 
5  francs,  violet  on  pale  mauve  ,,  ,, 

Victoria. — We  have  some  postal  stationery  from  Victoria  that 
is  a  credit  to  the  colony,  so  far  as  the  post  cards  are  concerned. 
The  new  post  cards  for  the  United  Kingdom  measure  130x88 


52  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 

mm.,  the  design  consisting  of  two  upright  rectangular  frames, 
30  x  26  mm.,  of  the  same  design,  one  in  each  of  the  upper  corners. 
Within  that  to  the  left  are  the  Koyal  Arms,  and  within  that  to  the 
right  the  stamp.  The  intervening  space  is  bridged  over  by  an 
arched  tablet,  inscribed  post  card  in  large  capitals,  and  for  the 
united  kingdom  in  small  capitals  underneath.  Below  this  is  a 
horizontal  tablet,  with  inscription  in  italics,  denoting  the  route,  and 
underneath  the  usual  instructions,  the  address  only,  &c.  An 
ornamental  frame,  the  sides  and  upper  line  of  which  start  from  the 
exterior  lines  of  the  frames,  complete  the  design.  The  twopenny 
card  has  a  stamp  within  the  right  frame,  of  the  type  of  the  current 
adhesive  as  modified  in  1887,  and  the  inscription  in  the  horizontal 
tablet  is,  by  the  long  sea  route.  In  the  threepenny  card  the 
stamp  is  of  the  type  of  the  adhesive  of  1885,  and  the  in- 
inscription  in  the  tablet  is  via  italy.  Next  we  have  a  letter  card, 
to  see  the  beauties  of  which  we  must  unfold  it,  especially  as  in 
this  way  the  inscriptions  read  in  order.  The  paper  of  which  it  is 
made  is  white  inside,  faced  with  a  neutral  tint.  It  measures 
187  x  166  mm.,  and  within  this  is  a  three-lined  frame,  with  scrolls 
at  the  angles,  intercepted  at  the  middle  of  the  top  by  the  Eoyal 
Arms;  half-way,  at  the  place  of  the  fold,  similar  lines,  with  an 
ornament  in  the  centre,  divide  the  upper  and  lower  portions  into 
two  equal  parts.  In  the  right  upper  corner  of  the  upper  part  is  a 
stamp  showing  Queen  Victoria  in  royal  robes,  standing  with  a 
sceptre  in  her  right  hand,  and  the  orb  in  her  left,  while  on  an 
arched  tablet  above  is  victoria,  and  on  a  corresponding  tablet  at 
her  feet  one  penny.  In  the  left  upper  corner  is  a  female  figure 
sitting,  with  a  distaff  in  her  hand.  On  an  arched  scroll  between 
the  designs  is  letter  card,  and  on  a  straight  tablet  below  price 
three-halfpence,  followed  by  the  usual  instructions,  with  the 
addition,  "And  no  enclosure  of  any  kind  permitted."  In  the 
lower  half  is  victoria,  in  fancy  capitals,  and  under  this  a  notice  to 
the  effect  that  the  card  is  available  for  Victoria,  Queensland,  and 
Tasmania,  but  must  have  an  additional  stamp  of  one  penny  affixed 
to  it  if  addressed  to  New  South  Wales,  South  Australia,  Western 
Australia,  New  Zealand,  or  Fiji.  At  the  foot  are  three  vignettes, 
the  centre  one  showing  a  coach-and-four,  that  to  the  left  a  steamer 
in  full  sail,  and  that  to  the  right  a  railway  train. 

Post  Cards.       2  pence,  purple  on  buff. 
3      ,,      pink  on  green. 
Letter  Card.     1  penny,  dark  blue  on  neutral  grey. 

Virgin  Islands. — We  have  received  the  one  shilling  on  paper 
watermarked  g  CA,  and  perforated  14.  It  is  printed  in  one 
colour,  a  light  chocolate-brown. 

Adhesive.     1  shilling,  light  chocolate-brown;  vmik.  %2  CA;  pcrf.  14. 


SUPPLEMENTARY  NOTES  ON  THE  STAMPS  OP  JAPAN.      53 


SUPPLEMENTARY  NOTES  ON  THE  STAMPS  OF  JAPAN. 

By  @,  D.  BACON. 
(Continued  from  page  36.) 


POST    CARDS. 
B. 

(The  seventh  line  of  the  instructions  contains  nineteen  characters.) 

1.  The  characters  of  the  instructions  are  the  same  as  those  found  on  the 
cards  of  the  preceding  issue. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  2,  3,  4,  6, 
X    „    blue,  syll.  char.  2,  3,  5,  6. 

2.  Same  as  last,  but  characters  17  and  36  of  line  four,  4  of  line  eight,  and 
4  of  line  ten  are  replaced  by  illustration  11.  Characters  18  and  37  of  line 
four,  and  5  of  line  eight  are  replaced  by  illustration  12. 

|  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  4. 

1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9. 

3.  Same  as  last,  but  character  26  of  line  four  is  replaced  by  illustration  1. 

£  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  4. 

4.  Same  as  last,  but  character  10  of  line  seven  is  replaced  by  illustration 
14 ;  and  characters  30  of  line  ten,  and  19  of  line  eleven,  are  replaced  by 
illustration  9. 

|  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  4. 

5.  Same  as  last,  but  character  26  of  line  four  is  corrected  to  illustration  5, 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  4. 

1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  3,  4,  5,  7,  8,  9, 10. 

6.  Same  as  number  2,  but  character  5  of  line  ten  is  also  replaced  by 
illustration  12. 

i  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  10,  11, 12, 13,  14, 15, 16. 

1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  18,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  30. 

7.  Same  as  last,  but  the  two  characters  forming  the  first  line  are  close 
together,  alongside  characters  11  and  12  of  line  two. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  10. 
1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  20. 

8.  Same  as  number  6,  but  characters  24  of  line  eight,  and  30  of  line  ten 
are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  11. 

1    „    blue,  syll.  char.  17,  18,  19,  21,  22,  23,  25,  26,  27,  30. 

9.  Same  as  number  6,  but  characters  12,  20,  and  30  of  line  two,  31  of 
line  six,  and  24  of  line  eight,  are  replaced  by  illustration  9. 

\  sen,  orange-yellow,  syll.  char.  11,  13,  14,  15. 

1    „    blue,  syll  char.  14,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23,  24,  25,  26,  27,  28,  30,  31. 


54      SUPPLEMENTARY  NOTES  ON  THE  STAMPS  OF  JAPAN. 

Page  203.     Issue  May,  1875. 

The  stamp  and  frame  of  each  card  on  the  plate  varies  in  type,  but  I  am 
unable  to  say  how  many  cards  formed  a  sheet,  and  can  only  give  the  number 
of  varieties  of  each  syllabic  character  I  have  found.  I  think,  however,  it  is 
probable  the  sheet  contained  six  or  twelve  cards,  and  that  more  than  one 
plate  was  engraved  for  some  at  least  of  the  characters.     I  have  seen— 


12  varieties  < 

)f  th 

ei 

sen,  sj 

711.  cha 

r.  1. 

8 

55 

i 

2 

55 

55 

2. 

11        „ 

55 

1 
2 

55 

55 

3. 

9        „ 

55 

J 

55 

55 

4. 

12        „ 

5? 

1 

55 

55 

1. 

13        „ 

55 

1 

55 

55 

2. 

14        „ 

55 

1 

„ 

55 

g 

15        „ 

55 

1 

„ 

55 

4! 

Page  204.     Issue  July,  1875. 

Like  the  preceding  issue,  the  stamp  and  frame  of  each  card  on  the  sheets 
varies  in  type,  and  there  must  have  been  several  different  plates  engraved 
for  both  values.  I  have  found  thirty-eight  varieties  of  the  £  sen  and  seventy- 
two  varieties  of  the  1  sen.  After  this  issue  the  cards  were  produced  by 
typography,  and  consequently  there  are  no  variations  of  type  to  be  found 
upon  the  sheet. 

Page  204.    Issue  September,  1876. 

The  Japanese  inscription  found  in  the  frame  at  the  bottom  of  the  cards 
of  this  and  all  the  succeeding  issues,  including  the  "  Reply  Paid,"  reads  as 
follows  :  "  Manufactured  at  the  Printing  Office  of  the  Finance  Minister  of 
the  Japanese  Empire." 

Page  205.    Issue  July[l),  1879. 

The  correct  date  for  this  issue  is  June  30th,  the  two  cards  coming  into  use 
the  same  day  as  the  3  sen,  orange,  and  50  sen,  carmine,  adhesives. 

Remarks.— Several  of  the  stamp  journals  in  1885  gave  the  1  sen  of  issue 
September,  1876,  and  the  2  sen  of  this  issue,  changed  in  colour  to  carmine- 
rose  ;  but  I  have  not  come  across  anyone  who  has  seen  either  of  these  cards. 
There  is  hardly  any  doubt,  I  think,  that  they  were  catalogued  in  mistake  for 
the  "  reply  paid  "  cards,  which  came  into  use  in  the  same  year. 

REPLY  PAID  CARDS. 

Issue  Meiji—lst  (?)  month,  18th  year.    January  (?),  1885. 

Three  values  similar  in  size  and  design  to  the  single  cards  issued  in  1876 
and  1879,  except  for  additional  inscriptions.  Both  halves  of  the  1  sen  have 
two  extra  Japanese  characters  in  the  line  beneath  the  stamp,  and  a  row  of 
three  characters  to  the  left  of  that  line.  The  2  and  3  sen  have  on  the 
second  halves  the  word  reponse,  in  a  straight  line  beneath  tjniverselle, 
and  two  Japanese  characters,  no  doubt  the  equivalent,  below  the  line  of 
characters  in  the  centre  of  the  card.  The  design  is  in  colour  on  thin 
yellowish-white  card,  and  is  impressed  upon  the  first  and  third  faces.  The 
1  sen  is  joined  along  the  right  side,  and  the  2  and  3  sen  along  the  top. 

1  +  1,  carmine-rose. 

2  +  2, 

3  +  3,  orange-yellow. 

ADDENDA. 

Page  193  {November  Number,  1888).    Issue  February,  1874. 

I  have  recently  met  with  a  second  sheet  of  the  $  sen,  syll.  char.  2. 


PHILATELIC    SOCIETY    OF    LONDON.  55 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON, 


COMMITTEE  FOR  THE  YEAR  1888-89. 

President— F '.  A.  Philbriok,  Q.C. 
Vice-President— T.  K.  Tapling,  M.P. 

Secretary — D.  Garth. 
Assistant- Secretary— J ".  A.  Tilleard. 
Treasurer  and  Librarian — C.  N.  Biggs. 
Dr.  (X  W.  Viner.  I         E.  D.  Bacon. 

M.  P.  Castle.  A.  W.  Chambers. 

The  ninth  meeting  of  the  season  was  held  at  the  Salisbury  Hotel,  Fleet 
Street,  on  Friday,  the  15th  February,  at  7.30  p.m.,  sixteen  members  and 
one  visitor  being  present.  The  chair  was  taken  by  Mr.  Castle,  in  the 
absence  of  the  President  and  Vice-President,  and  the  minutes  of  the  last 
meeting  were  read  and -confirmed.  The  Secretary  announced  the  receipt  of 
a  letter  tendering  the  resignation  of  membership  of  Mr.  J.  J.  Casey,  of 
New  York;  and  after  a  protracted  discussion  of  affairs  of  the  Society, 
involving  no  question  of  public  interest,  Mr.  Casey's  resignation  was  accepted. 
Upon  the  motion  of  Mr.  Tilleard,  seconded  by  Mr.  Colman,  a  grant  of 
£20  was  voted  out  of  the  funds  of  the  Society,  to  be  expended  for  the 
purposes  of  the  Society's  library.  Mr.  E.  J.  Nankivell,  proposed  by  Mr. 
Bacon,  and  seconded  by  the  Secretary ;  Mr.  Gilbert  Harrison,  proposed  by 
the  Secretary,  and  seconded  by  Mr.  Thornhill;  and  Mr.  H.  F.  Deane, 
proposed  by  the  Vice-President,  and  seconded  by  the  Secretary,  were  elected 
members  of  the  Society.  The  revision  of  the  Reference  List  of  the  Stamps 
of  Bermuda  concluded  the  business  of  the  evening. 


The  tenth  meeting  of  the  season  was  held  at  the  Salisbury  Hotel,  Fleet 
Street,  on  Friday,  the  1st  March,  1889,  at  7.30  p.m.,  and  was  attended  by 
fifteen  members,  including  the  President  in  the  chair.  After  the  minutes  of 
the  last  meeting  had  been  read  and  confirmed,  Mr.  C.  B.  Corwin,  of  New 
York,  proposed  by  Major  Evans,  and  seconded  by  Mr.  Bacon  ;  and  Mr.  W. 
R.  Joynt,  proposed  by  the  Secretary,  and  seconded  by  Mr.  Thornhill,  were 
elected  members  of  the  Society.  A  short  paper,  by  Mr.  Rossiter,  on  the 
stamps  issued  and  used  by  some  of  the  colleges  at  the  University  of  Cam- 
bridge, was  then  read.  A  vote  of  thanks  was  accorded  to  Mr.  Rossiter,  and 
the  Secretary  was  desired  to  request  permission  to  publish  the  paper  in  the 
Philatelic  Record.  The  business  of  the  eveniDg  concluded  with  the  revision 
of  the  Reference  List  of  the  Stamps  of  Dominica,  which  was  completed. 


56  NOTES    AND    QUERIES. 


fiotts  antr  <&tttws< 


J.  P.  B.,  Charlton. — Thank  you  for  your  communication,  but  the 
stamp  in  (question  has  been  already  mentioned  in  the  Record,  vol.  vi. 
p.  89.  It  was  then  announced  with  a  doubt  as  to  its  authenticity,  and 
a  question  was  raised  as  to  whether  it  had  not  been  fabricated  in 
Dominica.  The  editor  of  the  Timbre-Poste  also,  in  describing  the  same, 
says,  "  We  have  seen  on  envelopes  the  stamp  of  1  penny  cut  in  two 
vertically  and  surcharged  with  CJ.'  The  stamp  of  departure  was, 
'Montserrat  14  April  1884;'  and  of  arrival,  'Dominica  18  April  84.' 
What  proves  that  it  is  sought  to  dupe  amateurs  is,  that  the  date  and 
effacing  stamps  show  on  the  other  side  of  the  envelope,  which  shows 
that  the  envelope  had  no  letter  inside  it,  besides  which  the  gum  on  the 
flap  shows  that  the  envelope  had  not  been  used."  On  the  other  hand 
we  believe  that  some  of  the  1  penny  stamps  were  used  for  halfpenny 
postage,  by  cutting  them  across  diagonally  and  surcharging  the  halves. 
These  are  catalogued  by  M.  Moens,  and  were  chronicled  in  the  Timbre- 
Poste  of  June,  1883,  though  not  noticed  in  the  Record. 

H.  J.  S.,  Stoke  Newington. — We  have  no  confidence  in  a  Ceylon  Id., 
1st  type,  un watermarked  and  perforated  ll£,  as  being  an  undoctored 
stamp  without  some  ocular  evidence.  The  Victoria  Id.,  green,  of  1862 
type,  with  thin  figure  watermark  is  not  so  unlikely.  If  you  will 
send  them  to  our  publishers,  with  a  request  that  they  may  be  forwarded 
to  us,  we  shall  be  happy  to  give  our  opinion  for  what  it  is  worth  ;  but 
we  never  admit  into  the  hierarchy  any  like  stamps  without  inspection, 
unless  the  description  comes  to  us  from  special  collectors. 

Philatelic  Society  of  New  Zealand.  — From  the  Wellington 
Evening  Post  of  January  10th  we  learn  that  at  a  meeting  of  the  Society, 
held  on  the  previous  evening,  a  paper  was  read  by  Mr.  J.  Davies  on 
"  The  Stamps  of  New  Zealand  from  1855  to  1888,"  in  compiling  which 
Mr.  J.  Davies  has  spent  a  considerable  amount  of  time.  We  hope  to 
be  able  to  communicate  this  paper  to  our  readers,  as  Mr.  J.  Davies  has 
been  so  good  as  to  promise  us  a  copy  of  it  for  this  purpose. 


Stanley,  Gibbons  &  Co,,  8,  Grower  Street,  London,  W.C. 


$U  Jltifatitftq  ^m\[i 


Vol.  XI.  APRIL,    1889.  No.  124. 


HE  authors  of  the  Postage  and  Telegraph  Stamps  of 
Great  Britain  will  do  well  to  look  to  their  laurels,  and 
put  the  silver-gilt  medal  conferred  upon  them  by  the 
French  Society  under  double  lock,  for  a  stamp  has 
been  shown  to  us  that  has  not  been  described  by 
them.  It  is  an  embossed  stamp  of  one  pound  ten 
shillings,  of  the  type  which  was  in  use  in — the  date  is  not 
material,  but  it  was  long  prior  to  the  appearance  of  the  above 
work — surcharged  in  black  with  war  office — postage — one 
shilling  in  three  lines  of  block  type.  The  stamp  is  struck  on 
blue  paper,  and  bears  the  marks  of  having  been  adhesive. 

There  can  be  but  little  doubt  that  stamp  collectors  are  generally 
held  to  be  a  very  gullible  body,  for  the  arts  that  are  practised 
on  their  credulity  certainly  show  that  they  are  not  supposed 
to  combine  the  smallest  modicum  of  the  wisdom  of  the  serpent 
with  their  other  qualities.  We  should  not  have  referred  to 
this  stamp  had  it  not  been  that  we  have  to  write  for  the  benefit 
of  collectors  in  all  parts  of  the  world,  and  such  rubbish  might 
be  foisted  on  them  as  an  undescribed  rarity.  The  stamp  in 
question  has  been  detached  from  an  old  deed,  which  has  served 
its  purpose,  and  then  been  surcharged  by  some  noodle  or  other. 
The  marks  of  the  cuts  through  which  the  strip  of  tinfoil  passed 
are  to  be  traced,  and  just  at  the  lower  edge  is  a  small  portion  of  a 
black  curve,  part,  doubtless,  of  the  date  stamp  always  affixed  below. 
In  our  February  number  we  mentioned  that  we  were  informed 
that  the  Bulgarian  stamp  of  5  stotinki  had  been  surcharged 
with  "Three"  stotinki,  and  last  month  we  gave  an  engraving 
of  the  individual  in  question.  Our  contemporary,  the  Timbre- 
Poste,  was  able  to  enter  into  more  particulars,  and  stated  that 
4000   copies   had   been  so  transformed.     This  month  the  same 


58  THE    PHILATELIC    RECORD. 

journal  states  that,  according  to  a  letter  received  from  that 
country,  the  stamp  in  question  was  never  issued,  and  is  the 
work  of  a  forger.  The  stamp  from  which  the  engraving  was 
taken  was  sent  to  the  Timhre-Poste  by  M.  Arthur  Zermikian,  of 
Sofia,  as  also  some  other  stamps  of  Bulgaria  in  two  colours,  which 
were  probably  doctored. 

In  January  last  we  received  from  a  M.  Thallasinos,  of  Carlovassi, 
Isle  of  Samos,  a  series  of  stamps  of  5,  10,  20,  and  40  paras,  and 
2,  5,  and  25  piastres,  purporting  to  be  a  local  issue  for  Samos. 
The  entire  series  unused  was  offered  at  9  f.,  and  used  at  8  f.  50  c. 
The  para  values  are  all  of  one  type — an  envelope  in  the  centre, 
on  which  is  stamped  the  numeral  of  value  in  black ;  underneath, 
a  Turkish  inscription  within  a  crescent ;  below  this,  emp  :  ottoman 
in  an  arch,  with  paras  under.  The  piastre  values  differ  in  the 
details,  and  the  value  is  in  red.  The  colours  are — 5  paras,  black  ; 
10  paras,  green;  20  paras,  pink;  40  paras,  blue;  2  piastres,  olive; 
5  piastres,  violet;  and  25  piastres,  red-brown.  We  did  not 
describe  them  at  the  time,  for  they  did  not  impress  us  favourably. 
The  editor  of  the  Timbre-Poste,  desirous  of  ascertaining  whether 
they  were  a  genuine  local  issue,  wrote  to  the  postmaster  of  Samos, 

and  has  received  the  following  reply  : 

"Samos,  2ndMarcki  1889. 
"Sir, — I  hasten  to  reply  to  your  favour  of  the  15th  February  last, 
by  declaring  that  the  principality  of  Samos  neither  has  had  nor  has  any 
special  postage  stamp,  and  that  consequently  the  stamps  of  various  values 
that  have  been  circulated  are  nothing  but  forgeries  and,  as  you  say,  a  fraud, 
in  order  to  dupe  collectors. 

' '  His  Highness  the  Prince,  to  whom  I  have  had  the  honour  of  showing 
your  letter  and  the  so-called  Samos  stamp,  authorizes  me  to  beg  you  to  cause 
the  non-existence  of  Samian  postage  stamps  to  be  published  in  the  journals, 
and  thus  warn  the  public. 

"His  Highness  will  also  write  to  the  Ottoman  Legation  on  the  subject. 
"Accept,  &c, 
"  Tlie  Director  of  the  Posts  and  Telegraphs  of  Samos, 
"if.  Crikoeia." 

The  following  is  also  an  extract  from  a  Greek  newspaper  :  "  The 
Samos  writes  that  speculators,  not  content  with  imitating  the 
various  wines  of  Samos,  have  manufactured  fancy  stamps  that 
never  existed.  These  forgeries  are  of  the  colour  red,  and  bear  the 
word  samos  in  French  characters,  and  below  empire  ottoman. 
These  productions  of  speculators  are  sold  in  Europe  at  fabulous 
prices."  We  hope  not;  and  that  collectors,  in  their  eagerness 
to  possess  novelties,  will  not  allow  themselves  to  be  imposed  on  by 
such  speculators. 


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Again,  in  our  February  number  we  mentioned  that  a  con- 
temporary had  been  informed  that  the  Roumanian  stamps  had 
been  printed  during  the  months  of  November  and  December  on 
paper  of  various  colours,  of  which  we  gave  a  list ;  but  last  month 
we  omitted  to  mention  that  the  Timbre- Poste,  who  it  appears  had 
received  the  above  information  from  a  M.  Moroiu,  had  been  since 
informed  by  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Roumanian  Treasury 
that  those  chronicled  by  us  this  month  are  alone  authentic.  The 
same  journal,  in  its  number  for  the  present  month,  prints  the 
following  extract  from  the  Independence  Roumame  of  the 
10/22  March  last : 

"Forged  Postage  Stamps. — Yesterday  an  information  of  the 
gravest  nature  was  laid  before  the  prefecture  of  police.  It  related 
to  nothing  less  than  the  existence  in  the  centre  even  of  the 
capital  of  a  manufactory  of  forged  postage  stamps. 

"  The  forger  informed  against  answers  to  the  name  of  Moroiu,  a 
captain  on  the  retired  list. 

"  Colonel  Algin,  prefect  of  police,  charged  M.  Carlova,  director 
of  the  police,  to  commence  the  investigations  and  ascertain  if 
there  was  any  foundation  for  the  information.  After  some  pre- 
liminary, inquiries,  M.  Carlova  was  convinced  that  something 
suspicious  was  passing  at  the  house  of  Captain  Moroiu,  and 
informed  MM.  Boldur-Voinesco,  first  procurator,  and  Papp, 
examining  judge,  and  all  three  proceeded  to  the  house  of  Moroiu. 

"At  the  first  search  they  found  a  considerable  quantity  of 
unused  stamps.  On  Captain  Moroiu  being  asked  where  they 
came  from,  he  replied,  that  he  was  a  great  collector  of  stamps, 
which  he  sold  to  amateurs  at  home  and  abroad,  and  that  if  they 
appeared  new  he  had  coloured  them.  The  magistrates  seized 
the  stamps,  and  then  proceeded  to  the  Post-office  and  to  the  Mint, 
where  the  postage  stamps  are  manufactured.  At  this  latter  they 
were  told  that  the  stamps  were  not  forged,  but  that  the  colours 
only  had  been  changed. 

"Nevertheless,  in  the  evening  a  person  advised  M.  Carlova 
to  continue  his  search  at  the  house  of  Captain  Moroiu,  assuring 
him  that  he  would  find  in  a  certain  place  indicated  by  him  a 
large  number  of  dies  for  the  manufacturing  of  postage  stamps, 
Roumanian  as  well  as  foreign.  MM.  Papp,  Boldur-Voinesco,  and 
Carlova  made  another  search  this  morning  and  found  about 
200  dies.  There  was  one  even  for  the  fabrication  of  stamps 
of  Buenos  Ayres.  Captain  Moroiu,  thus  found  in  open  violation 
124* 


60  THE    PHILATELIC    RECORD. 

of  the  law,  made  a  full  confession,  and  was  incarcerated  at 
Vacaresti." 

To  this  the  Timbre-Poste  adds  its  regret  that  the  parquet  was 
not  able  at  the  same  time  to  seize  the  dies,  which  serve  for 
the  manufacture  of  the  stamps  of  27,  54,  81,  and  108  paras, 
that  are  affixed  to  letters  or  papers,  and  which  the  Philatelic 
Society  of  Bucharest  declare  to  be  authentic  on  signed  certificates, 
and  with  which  so  many  amateurs  allow  themselves  to  be  taken  in. 

Again,  the  Fraiikfuder  Zeitung  of  the  13th  March  last,  under 
the  heading  of  "  Cnrlsruhe,  March  11th,"  says  : 

"The  arrest  of  the  commission-agent  Schmitt,  already  an- 
nounced, for  selling  old  stamps  of  Baden,  takes  a  much  more 
important  turn.  On  Saturday  last  M.  Cockel,  the  proprietor  of 
the  old  printing-office  Hasper,  as  also  one  of  his  lithographers, 
were  arrested.  An  engraver,  who  had  prepared  a  postal  stamp  for 
effacing  the  stamps,  was  also  arrested,  but  was  set  at  liberty 
after  being  interrogated. 

"  One  can  form  an  idea  of  the  magnitude  of  the  business  done 
with  these  stamps  when  it  is  known  that  Schmitt  received  the  sum 
of  2000  marks  for  a  sheet  of  one  hundred  stamps  of  30  kreuzer. 
The  execution  of  four  different  kinds  was  projected;  two  are 
already  executed.  As  regards  Schmitt,  there  is  clearly  a  fraud, 
as  he  has  already  sold  considerable  quantities  of  these  stamps." 

The  statement  of  this  Carlsruhe  correspondent  is  evidently 
drawn  up  in  the  usual  exaggerated  style  of  such  letters,  as  a 
sheet  of  genuine  30  kreuzer  stamps  would  not  be  worth  more  than 
50  marks. 


j\f\j~u\ru\s\T\s\j\rinj\i\rt 


,        rrvn_rvn  ru^j-\_n_n_n_nj-ur\-pu 


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IfMjjIitij*,  J)i«M$m$,  irnh  limitations* 

— ♦ — 

Antioquia. — We   have    the   following   of   the   type   of    1886 
(Arms  in  an  oval)  printed  on  colonred  wove  paper. 
Adhesives.     1    centavo,  carmine  on  violet. 
2J  centavos,  purple  on  flesh. 
5  „         vermilion-red  on  yellow. 

10  ,,         black  on  green. 

Argentine  Republic. — The  South  American  Bank  Note 
Company  have  delivered  another  of  the  stamps 
of  the  Postage  and  Telegraph  series.  The  head 
of  Eivadavia  again  figures  on  the  stamp  of 
5  centavos.  The  impression  is  on  plain  white 
paper,  and  the  perforation  is  12. 

Further,  we  have  a  letter  card  of  2  centavos, 
with  the  portrait  of  the  President  Celman  within 
a  circular  band  inscribed,  in  the  upper  part, 
correos  y  telegrafos  ;  and  in  the  lower,  republica  Argentina. 
In  the  lower  angles  are  the  numerals  of  value,  with  centavos  on  a 
straight  tablet  between.  The  sole  inscription  on  the  card  itself  is 
carta  postal  \  and  there  are  two  lines  for  the  address,  the  last  of 
which  is  underlined.  The  impression  is  on  white  paper  faced  with 
light  buff,  and  it  is  perforated  round  the  edges  12. 
Adhesive.  5  centavos,  rose-red ;  perf.  12. 
Letter  Card.     2        ,,         brown  on  light  buff. 

Bavaria. — The  stamp  of  3  pfennig  appears  perforated  14 J,  and 
with  horizontal  watermark. 

Adhesive.     3  pfennig,  yellow-green  ;  perf.  14J. 

The  Timbre-Poste  states  that  the  unpaid  letter  stamps  of  3,  5, 
and  10  pfennig  have  also  the  new  perforation  of  14£. 

Unpaid  Letter  Stamps.     3  pfennig,  grey  overprinted  in  red  ;  perf.  14^. 

*>  55  53  55  55  55 

*■"  35  33  35  33  35 

The  same  journal  also  states  that  the  post  cards  of  3,  5,  and  10 
pfennig,  all  watermarked  with  horizontal  undulations,  now  bear 
the  date  of  "  89." 

Belgium. — Our  Belgian  contemporary,  in  pointing  out  two  errors 
that  are  to  be  found  on  the  sheets  of  the  present  stamps  of  1  centime, 
consisting  of  belgioue  and  of  belgique  for  belgique,  humorously 
remarks  on  its  influence,  and  on  the  great  desire  of  the  paternal 
Government  to  do  what  is  right.  It  has  only  to  point  out  an 
error,  and  next  day  the  plate  is  corrected.  We  wish  its  influence 
would  extend  to  put  a  stop  to  the  vagaries  with  the  Congo  stamps 
of  5  francs.  Perhaps  it  will,  for  there  is  a  delicate  hint  that  a 
change  of  the  surcharge  was  a  financial  necessity. 

Bhopal. — The  editor  of  the  Timbre-Poste  has  discovered  one 
more  error  than  we  did  in  the  sheets  of  the  stamps  of  l  anna, 


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green,  chronicled  by  us  last  month ;  viz.,  nawa  for  nawab.     The 
faulty  "a's"  are  too  numerous  to  mention. 

In  the  sheet  of  the  £  anna,  black,  one  stamp  has  a  faulty  "  b," 
and  reads  eegan  in  place  of  began,  a  form  of  spelling  adopted 
throughout  the  sheet. 

Brazil. — Annexed  is  an  engraving  of  design  of  the  adhesive 
Journal  stamps  mentioned  by  us  in  February  and  March,  as  also 
engravings  of  the  stamp  of  80  reis  on  the  Letter  Cards,  and  of  the 
type  of  the  stamp  on  the  Wrappers. 


British  Bechuanaland. — Protectorate. — The  authorities  in 
British  Bechuanaland  seem  not  only  to  have  been  in  need  of  postage 
stamps,  but  also  of  Eegistration  Envelopes  for  the  Protectorate, 
as  the  following  are  chronicled  surcharged  as 
shown  in  the  annexed  engraving. 
Eegistration  Envelopes. 
Size  G.  4  pence,  blue,  surcli.  in  black ;  imprint 
of  De  La  Rue  and  Co. 

Size  H.     4  pence,  blue,  surch.  in  green  ;  imprint 
of  De  La  Rue  and  Co. 

Size  K.     4  pence,  blue,  surcli.  in  green  ;  imprint 
of  McCorquodale  and  Co. 

The  two  first  have  the  "K"  in  oval  on  the  face;  the  latter, 
registered  in  single-lined  frame ;  and  the  surcharges  appear  to 
have  been  done  at  different  epochs,  as  the  type  of  the  black  sur- 
charge is  not  the  same  as  that  of  the  green,  and  there  is  a  stop  at 
the  end,  which  the  green  do  not  possess. 

Cape  of  Good  Hope. — We  are  indebted  to  the  Timbre-Poste 
for  the  information  that  a  post  card  has  been 
issued  with  a  stamp  of  the  annexed  design. 
It  measures  121  x  74  mm.,  and  has  the  in- 
scription of  "  post  card"  with  the  arms  between, 
"cape  of  good  hope"  underneath,  followed  by 
the  instructions. 

The  Eegistration  envelopes,  of  the  sizes  G 
and  H,  come  to  hand  with  the  imprint  of 
Messrs.  De  La  Kue  and  Co.  under  the  flap. 

Post  Card.     \  penny,  brown  on  white. 

Registered  Envelopes.     4  pence,  ultramarine-blue,  sizes  G  and  H  ;  imprint 
of  De  La  Rue  and  Co. 


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Ceylon. — The  authorities  in  Ceylon  are,  we  think,  entitled  to 
the  first  prize  of  a  silver  gilt  medal  for  the  wonderful  fertility  of 
invention  that  they  display  in  the  art  of  surcharging.  We  have 
just  received  the  four  cents  of  the  current  type,  in  which  "  four  " 
is  overprinted  in  black  with  "Two." 

Adhesive.     2  cents  on  4  cents,  lilac-pink  ;  wink.  Crown  C  A  ;  surcharge 
in  black. 

Congo. — We  lately  saw  two  labels,  evidently  of  native  manu- 
facture, consisting  of  a  transverse  oblong  rectangular  frame  of  two 
lines,  the  outer  frame  measuring  57  x  31  mm.  The  inner  lines 
cross  each  other  at  the  angles,  and  the  squares  thus  formed  have 
a  small  star  in  each.  Between  these  lines  in  the  upper  part  is 
association  Internationale,  in  the  left  side  is  service,  and  in 
the  right  postal.  In  one  of  the  stamps  within  the  double  frame 
is  "  inland  "  in  large  letters,  and  in  the  frame  below  is  du  congo. 
In  the  other  is  "  homeward,"  and  in  the  frame  below  is  du  haut 
congo.  The  first  is  hand-stamped  in  black  on  light  blue  paper, 
and  the  other  in  black  on  buff  paper.  Both  bear  a  post-stamp  of 
1884,  and  appear  to  us  as  having  been  used  by  the  International 
African  Association,  which  commenced  its  operations  that  year, 
and  perhaps  were  .used  as  labels  for  packets  or  communications 
going  to  and  coming  from  the  various  stations  of  the  Company. 

We  were  wrong  last  month  in  saying  that  the  type  of  the  new 
post  card  is  exactly  similar  to  that  of  the  former  one.  The  stamp 
differs  from  that  of  the  former  issue.  The  star  is  between  two 
palm  trees,  and  what  is  more,  "  congo  "  only  appears  once  in  the 
frame  instead  of  four  times,  and  the  value  is  in  the  centre. 

Curacao. — This  Dutch  settlement  has  had  an  addition  made  to 
its  current  series,  according  to  the  Berl.  Phil.  Club  Journal.  We 
conclude  they  are  printed  and  perforated  as  before,  though  our 
authority  for  the  announcement  speaks  of  a  perforation  of  12j. 

Adhesives.     15  cents,  grey-green. 
30     ,,      lilac-grey. 
60     ,,      olive-yellow. 
1  guld.  50     ,,      light  blue,  with  dark  blue  centre. 

Egypt. — The  unpaid  letter  stamps   are  being  superseded   by 
a  new  series  of    the  design  depicted  in  the 
annexed   engraving.      The   impression    is   on 
white  paper  with  "Crescent"  in  watermark, 
and  the  perforation  is  14. 

Unpaid  Letter  Stamps. 
2  milliemes,  green. 
4  , ,         puce. 

1  piastre,  ultramarine-blue. 


iwi  ojvui  iinn  p.  a 


:/uuv\ru-Lr-rutr. 


Faridkot. — In  our  December  number  we  chronicled  the  half 
anna  as  having  been  re-engraved,  and  as  printed  in  red,  and  per- 
forated 12.     We  now  receive  the  same  stamp  in  dull  blue,  black, 


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and  washy -green,  on  similar  white  wove  paper,  perforated  12. 
We  have  also  the  \  anna  transverse  oblong  of  1881,  in  green, 
perforated  12. 

By  what  means  we  announced  the  "  \  anna,  vermilion-red,"  last 
month,  as  received  imperforate,  we  are  unable  to  say.     We  must 
have  puzzled  our  readers.     It  ought  to  have  been  "  \  anna." 
Adhesives.     \  anna,  dull  blue  ;  perf.  12. 
i     „      black  '     „ 

h      „     green  „ 

French  Colonies. — The  issue  of  an  envelope  with  stamp  of 
15  centimes  in  blue  on  white  wove  paper,  size  147  x  113  mm., 
is  announced,  and  the  Timbre-Poste  says  that  the  issue  will  be  as 
follows : 
Envelopes.     5  cents,  green  on  white,  size  116  x  76  mm. 

15  cents,  blue  on  white,  sizes  116  x  76, 123  x  96,  and  147  x  113  mm. 

Gabon. — Annexed  is  an  engraving  of  the  surcharge  of  25  c.  on 

5  c,  green  on  pale  green,  mentioned  in  our  last. 
By  a  Decree  dated  the  2nd  February  last,  a 

copy  of  which  appears  in  the  Timbre-Poste  for 
the  present  month,  we  are  informed  that  we  are 
to  be  favoured  with  some  other  surcharges.  The 
Lieutenant-Governor,  seeing  the  absolute  want  of 
stamps  of  1 5  centimes,  and  the  insufficiency  of  those 
already  transformed  into  stamps  of  25  centimes, 
has  ordered  the  transformation  of 

1200  stamps  of  1  fr.  into  stamps  of  fr.  0  15  c. 

1000         „        75  c.  „  fr.  0  25  c. 

Indo-China. — Another  type  of  the  surcharge 
oi  5  centimes  on  the  35  c,  described  last  month, 
appears  to  exist,  which  is  shown  in  the  annexed 
cut.  This  surcharge  is  said  to  date  from  the 
9th  January  last,  and  has  the  date  of  "  1889  "  in 
full  as  an  additional  ornamentation,  besides  which 
this  surcharge  is  in  red. 

Adhesive.     5  c.  on  35  c. ,  black  on  yellow,  surcharge 
in  red  ;  2nd  type. 

Gold  Coast. — The  2  pence  has  appeared  in  brown,  and  the 

6  pence  in  a  brighter  tone  of  orange  than  that  of  1879.  They  are 
both  on  paper  watermarked  sg  C  A,  and  are  perforated  14. 

Mr.  Philbrick  has  also  shown  us  size  G  of  the  Eegistration 
Envelope,  with  a  cartouche  round  the  upper  half  of  the  circle, 
inscribed  "gold  coast  colony,"  embossed  on  black  ground. 

In  describing  this  surcharge  on  the  Registration  Envelope,  sizes 
F  and  H  2,  in  our  number  for  December  last,  extracted  from  the 
III.  B.  Z.,  we  said  that  the  embossed  cartouche  was  done  in  the 
Colony.     This  is  not  the  case ;  it  was  done  at  Somerset  House. 

Adhesives.     2  pence,  brown;  wink.  Crown  C A. 
6      ,,      orange  ,, 

Registered  Envelope.     2      ,,      blue,  with  black  cartouche.     Size  G. 


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Great  Britain. — We  mentioned  last  month  that  some  of  the 
post  cards  we  had  lately  received  were  of  thinner  and  whiter  card 
than  any  we  had  previously  seen.  The  little  mystery,  if  there 
were  any,  is  now  solved.  The  cards  sent  in  by  the  public  to  be 
stamped  have  received  equal  privileges  with  the  Post  Office  issue, 
and  bear  the  Royal  Arms  of  the  smaller  or  old  type.  The  only 
difference  in  the  several  specimens  we  have  seen  is  that  in  the 
private  card  there  is  no  stop  after  "  side,"  and  we  have  compared 
several  specimens. 

It  may  also  be  added  that  the  current  post  cards  with  the  larger 
type  of  the  Arms  have  the  words  post  card  in  bolder  type  than 
the  former  issue,  and  the  instructions  are  in  type  a  quarter  of  a 
millimetre  longer. 

Post  Card.     \  penny,  red-brown,  on  thinner  white. 

Telegraphs. — The  gentlemen  of  the  Stock  Exchange  are  not 
always  credited  with  being  persons  of  few  words,  but  in  their 
business  they  have  doubtless  some  special  code  by  which  a  great 
deal  may  be  expressed  in  a  single  word.  On  the  1st  April  last 
a  telegram  form  of  the  usual  Stock  Exchange  size  was  issued 
in  two  kinds  for  their  especial  benefit  with  an  embossed  stamp 
of  tenpence.  In  one  form  the  portion  for  the  address  is  quite 
blank;  in  the  other  the  words  "bourse — paris"  are  inserted. 
The  new  tariff,  which  came  into  operation  on  the  1st  April, 
admits  of  sending  five  words  to  Erance  for  tenpence.  The  address 
to  Somebody,  Bourse,  Paris,  takes  up  three  words,  leaving  two  only 
for  the  message  and  the  name  of  the  sender.  After  upwards  of 
thirty  years'  rest  from  its  labours,  the  old  die,  prepared  after  the 
designs  of  Mr.  Ormond  Hill,  has  been  brought  into  use  for  stamping 
these  forms,  and  looks  quite  juvenile  in  its  new  colour ;  further- 
more, it  has  never  been  disfigured  with  date  plugs. 

Telegraph  Form.     10  pence,  sky-blue.     Die  6. 

That  hundred-tongued  jade  "  Eumour  "  has  been  talking  about 
a  tenpenny  stamp  as  likely  to  appear.  Is  that  the  talked-of  one, 
or  look  we  for  another  % 

Mexico. — Chalco. — In  September  last  Mr.  Phillips  sent  us  a 
stamp  which  had  originally  come  from  a  gentleman  in  Mexico,  who 
stated  that  it  was  a  great  rarity,  and  was  in  use  only  for  a  short 
time.  The  stamp  was  subsequently  shown  to  the  editor  of  the 
Timbre- Poste,  who  in  chronicling  it  observed  that  "in  order  that 
the  stamp  should  preserve  its  rarity  intact,  he  thought  that  an 
amateur  would  do  well  not  to  purchase  it."  The  stamp  showed 
the  inscription  correos — 2  rs. — de  chalco  in  three  lines,  within 
a  transverse  rectangular  oblong  frame  with  canted  corners,  and  was 
obliterated  with  the  oval  mark,  "franco  1867  en  chalco."  The 
impression  was  in  black,  on  paper  faced  green.  We  have  lately 
received  a  photograph  of  some  rare  Mexican  stamps,  the  property 
of  Mr.  Koster,  who  purchased  them  while  travelling  in  the  interior 
124** 


66  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 

of  the  Mexican  Eepublic,  and  amongst  these  we  hnd  a  specimen 
of  this  same  stamp.  It  is  described  as  being  very  rare,  and  to 
have  been  in  existence  only  seventy  days — at  the  time  when  the 
Republican  troops  were  besieging  Mexico — and  was  the  last  pro- 
visional stamp  issued. 

Adhesive.     2  reales,  black  on  blue  and  blue-green. 

Chicqias. — There  are  two  halves,  and  one  smaller  portion  of  a 
stamp  of  4  reales  in  the  same  photograph.  The  stamps  were  cut 
into  two  to  serve  for  postage  of  2  reales,  and  duly  obliterated. 
The  design  is  similar  to  that  of  the  two  reales,  but  smaller.  The 
ornamental  border  is  also  similar,  but  smaller,  and  the  inscription 
is  similarly  disposed,  and  is  the  same,  except  that  dos  reales  is 
replaced  by  cuatro  ('?).  The  rest  of  the  lower  part  of  the  half 
stamp  is  wanting.  4  realeS}  bkck  on  white 

There  is  also  a  copy  of  the  stamp  of  Chihuahua  with  very  heavy 
figures  of  "  25  "  in  the  centre. 

Guadalajara. — Prom  the  same  source  we  have  a  medio  real, 
1867,  on  white  paper,  which  differs  somewhat  from  the  ordinary 
type,  and  is  said  to  have  preceded  it.  In  the  word  medio  there  is 
the  same  misplacement  of  the  "i"  as  in  the  common  type,  but 
the  "m"  is  not  misplaced,  but  in  a  line  with  "ed.:"  There  are 
also  four  very  fine  copies  in  one  block  of  the  ordinary  type  of 
the  medio  real  franking  a  letter  to  Tolima. 

\  real,  black  on  white  ;  variety. 

New  South  Wales. — We  present  our  readers  with  an  en- 
graving of  the  centenary  stamp  of  eightpence 
described  in  our  last. 

The  one  shilling  of  this  issue  was  issued  on 
21st  February  last,  and  represents  a  Kangaroo,  an 
animal  indigenous  to  Australia ;  in  fact,  its  dis- 
\t  covery  was  made  by  Captain  Cook  in  1770.  On 
§1?  an  uncoloured  arched  tablet  above  the  Kangaroo 
=  Wyy lijja^Mjjl  \  is  the  inscription  "one  hundred  years.'"'  and 
"new  south"  on  the  left  side,  "wales  postage  " 
on  the  right  side,  in  uncoloured  letters  on  a  solid  ground.  A 
straight  tablet  at  the  foot  carries  the  value  in  letters.  It  is  the 
best-executed  of  the  series,  though  there  are  too  many  accessory 
ornaments  in  the  way  of  flowers;  in  fact,  the  Kangaroo  is  in  a 
perfect  bower  of  bliss.  The  perforation  is  11  x  11£.  More  care 
has  been  taken  with  the  details  of  printing,  perforation,  and 
gumming  than  in  some  of  the  earlier  issues  of  the  series. 

Dr.  Houison  writes  us,  under  date  of  28th  February,  that  the 
five  shillings,  the  last  of  the  issue,  would  be  ready  in  a  few  days. 
On  the  whole,  the  "  Xative  series  "  has  disappointed  the  Colonists 
as  well  as  ourselves.  It  is  a  pity  that  the  order  for  the  dies  was 
not  given  to  a  firm  in  England  to  execute. 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS.  67 

We  have  received  from  Mr.  Campbell  a  registration  envelope 
which  may  be  termed  a  provisional  issue,  as  it  was  issued  pending 
the  arrival  of  a  stock  of  the  ordinary  form.  It  measures  148^  x 
86  mm.,  is  of  the  ordinary  form  of  envelope  with  tongue-shaped 
flap,  and  of  white  paper  lined  with  muslin.  The  crossed  lines  and 
instructions  are  in  red,  and  similar  to  those  on  the  other  issues, 
the  registration  stamp  of  4  pence  being  struck  in  pink  on  the  end 
of  the  flap. 

Adhesive.     1  shilling,  violet,  brown. 

Registered  Envelope.     4  pence,  pink,  with  instructions  in  red ;  ordinary 


New  Zealand. — We  are  indebted  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Wellington  Philatelic  Society  for  sending  us  specimens  of  the 
current  one  penny,  on  paper  watermarked  with  "  N.Z.  and  Star,"  in 
which  the  watermark  is  upside  down,  four  sheets  having  been  so 
printed  by  mistake ;  and  for  the  same  stamp  in  a  darker  shade. 
The  stock  of  the  usual  ink  had  run  out,  and  recourse  was  had 
to  some  sample  ink. 

Adhesives.     1  penny,  pink  ;  inverted  watermark. 
1       ,,       rose-pink. 

We  are  informed  that  the  dies  of  the  Id.  and  2d.  are  on  the 
point  of  being  retouched. 

Oudypoor. — A  correspondent  has  been  so  good  as  to  send  us 
the  reading  on  the  stamp  described  in  our  February  number,  and 
it  appears  to  be  the  seal  of  the  Eaja  of  Oudaipor. 

Paraguay. — A  stamp  of  the  design  shown  in  the  annexed 
engraving  has  been  forwarded  to  a  contem- 
porary by  Messrs.  Senf  Brothers.  The  Phry- 
gian cap  is  shown  in  the  centre  of  a  five-rayed 
star,  below  which,  on  an  upturned  curved 
tablet,  is  republica  del  Paraguay,  all  on  a 
ground  of  horizontal  lines,  within  a  transverse 
oblong  rectangular  frame,  in  the  upper  part  of 


gfflms 


which  is  correos,  and  in  the  lower  union  cr"™™™™/^ 
postal,  with  centavos  in  each  of  the  sides,  the  numerals  of  value 
being  in  each  of  the  four  angles.  The  impression  is  on  plain 
white  wove  paper,  and  the  perforation  11  J. 

Adhesive.     15  centavos,  purple. 

Philippines. — According  to  the  Timbre-Poste  the  10  c.  de  peso 
of  1882,  but  printed  in  green,  comes  to  hand  with  the  surcharge 
in  carmine  of  "  2f  cmos  "  within  an  oval  band. 

Adhesive.     2|  cmos  on  10  c.  de  peso,  green;  surcharged  in  carmine. 

Roumania. — With  reference  to  the  statement  in  our  February 
number,  the  Timbre-Poste  has  received  a  letter  from  the  Inspector- 
General  of  Finance  of  Roumania  to  the  effect  that  the  following 


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NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 


stamps  on  coloured  paper  are  alone  authentic ;  the  others  in  the 
former  list  appear  to  have  been  doctored. 

Adhesives. 


1|  bani,  black  on  azure. 
3       ,,      violet        ,, 
5      ,,      green 


10  bani,  carmine  on  buff. 
15     „     brown  ,, 


blue  on  yellow. 


50  bani,  bistre  on  yellow. 
Unpaid  Letter  Stamps.     5  and  10  bani,  green  on  yellow. 

St.  Vincent. — We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  Emerson  for  sending  us 
the  sixpence,  in  purple,  on  ^  C  A  paper,  perforated  14.  We  suppose 
all  the  stock  of  sixpence,  green,  has  been  used  up  for  stamps  of 
%&.  and  Id.     Adhesive.     6  pence,  purple;  wmk.  Crown  CA. 

Salvador. — The  countersign  seems  to  be  applied  to  the  stamps 
of  the  new  issue.     The  following  are  reported  : 

AdJiesives.     3  centavos,  brown,  surcharged  in  violet. 
5         „        blue  „  black. 

10         „         orange  „  „ 

We  also  annex  an  engraving  of  an  embossed 
envelope  stamp  of  a  new  design,  which  seems 
to  us  to  be  somewhat  primitive.  There  is  a 
disproportionate  amount  of  smoke. 

Envelope,     5  centavos,  blue  on  white,  yellow  and 
blue  laid. 

Surinam. — Our   German   contemporaries  report   the  issue   of 
several  new  values  as  additions  to  the  current  series.      The  im- 
pression is  on  white  wove  paper,  and  the  perforation  14. 
Adhesives.     15  cents,  grey. 


20 

„      green. 

30 

,,      red-brown. 

40 

,,      dark  brown. 

1  guld.  50 

,,      red-brown  with  grey  centre. 

Unpaid  Letter  Stamps.     30 

,,      violet  and  black. 

50 

>J                           >»                     )5 

Sweden. — Der  Philatelist  chronicles  a  new  post  card  of  10  ore. 
The  words  sverige — suede  are  on  a  tablet  introduced   into   the 
border,   so   that  the   inscription   on   the   post   card   begins  with 
brefkort,  &c.     The  impression  is  in  carmine  on  white. 
Post  Card.     10  ore,  carmine  on  white. 

Switzerland. — A  new  perforation  seems  in  course  of  adoption, 
as  the  following  have  come  to  hand  perforated  10. 

Adhesives.     20  centimes,  orange  ;  perf.  10. 
50        ,,        dark  blue      „ 

Turk's  Islands. — We  have  the  sixpence  of  the  current  type, 
on  paper  watermarked  ^  CA,  and  perforated  14. 

Adhesive.     6  pence,  brown;  wmk.  25  CA,  per/.  J 4- 


CAMBRIDGE    MESSENGER    STAMPS.  69 


CAMBRIDGE  MESSENGER  STAMPS. 

A  Paper  read  by  Mr.  Rossiter  before  the  London  Philatelic  Society. 


These  stamps  were  issued  by  three  Colleges  ;  viz.,  St.  John's,  Queen's,  and 
Selwyn. 

A  system  of  delivery  of  letters,  &c.,  by  College  messengers  was  adopted 
in  all  the  Colleges,  and  where  stamps  were  not  in  use  a  charge  was  made 
on  the  members  at  the  end  of  each  term  for  the  delivery  of  their  letters. 
At  the  beginning  of  the  Michaelmas  term,  1885,  the  Post  Office  authorities 
interfered,  and  prohibited  both  the  system  of  messengers  and  the  use  of 
stamps  ;  but  they  subsequently  allowed  the  service  to  be  continued  until  the 
end  of  the  term,  on  its  being  represented  to  them  that  much  confusion 
would  be  created  in  the  internal  working  of  the  Colleges  by  so  sudden  a 
prohibition. 

Although  Selwyn  College  was  the  first  to  issue  a  stamp,  I  will  take  St. 
John's  first  in  the  order  of  description,  as  my  information  is  much  more 
complete  in  the  case  of  this  latter. 

The  St.  John's  stamp  represents  the  College  crest,  and  the  form  of  it  was 
taken  from  an  old  woodcut  in  Cooper's  Annals  of  Cambridge.  It  is  the 
Evangelist's  Eagle,  three-quarter  length,  springing  from  a  crown,  and  is 
printed  on  ordinary  unwatermarked  printing  paper  in  the  Lady  Margaret 
colour,  scarlet.  The  stamps  were  issued  ninety-six  in  a  sheet  (eight  rows 
of  twelve  stamps  each),  perforated  12,  and  were  designed  and  printed  by 
W.  P.  Spalding  of  Cambridge.  They  do  not  appear  to  have  been  perforated 
with  the  ordinary  machine,  but  first  horizontally  and  then  vertically,  or 
vice  versa.  This  will  account  for  the  stamps  on  the  outside  of  the  sheet 
not  being  perforated  on  the  outside  edge. 

In  describing  their  use  I  cannot  do  better  than  quote  a  circular  issued  by 
the  College  authorities  in  January,  1884. 

"ST.   JOHN'S  COLLEGE  MESSENGER. 
"Message-boxes  for  the  use  of  all  Members  of   the  College,  whether 
residing  within  the  College  or  not,  are  placed  in  the  two  Porters'  Lodges 
(Front  Gate  and  New  Court),  and  are  cleared  daily  (Sundays  excepted)  at 
"  10.30  a.m.,  2  p.m.,  and  6.30  p.m. 

"  The  Boxes  are  closed  on  Christmas  Day  and  Good  Friday ;  also  from 
June  20  to  30  inclusive,  and  from  September  4  to  24  inclusive. 

"  The  Messenger's  circuit  includes  the  Colleges  of  the  University  except 
Cavendish  College  and  Selwyn  College.  It  does  not  extend  to  Ridley  Hall, 
Newnham  College,  Girton  College.  It  includes  Magdalene  Street,  Bridge 
Street,  Trinity  Street,  Trumpington  Street,  Lensfield  Road,  Park  Side, 
New  Square,  The  Causeway,  Brunswick  Walk,  and  all  within  the  line  thus 
indicated.  In  addition,  the  10.30  a.m.  circuit  includes  Chesterton  Road  as 
far  as  the  locks  at  the  foot-bridge,  the  Backs  of  the  Colleges,  Newnham 
Terrace,  and  all  within  the  line  thus  indicated,  and  the  2  p.m.  circuit  includes 
Brookside,  Bateman  Street,  Hills  Road  on  this  side  of  Bateman  Street, 
Harvey  Road,  and  all  within  the  line  thus  indicated. 

"  The  Messenger  will  deliver  letters,  circulars,  and  parcels  such  as  can  be 
carried  in  the  hand  ;  all  bearing  stamps. 


70  THE   ADHESIVE    STAMPS    OF   CEYLON. 

"  Special  adhesive  stamps  are  on  sale  at  the  Butteries  at  one  halfpenny 
each  or  at  five  pence  per  dozen.  Whatever  can  be  pat  into  the  Message- 
boxes  must  bear  one  stamp  ;  whatever  cannot  must  bear  four  stamps. 

"  The  College  is  not  responsible  for  damage  by  weather  to  any  parcels,  nor 
for  any  money  or  valuables. 

"  Whatever  is  to  be  sent  to  persons  residing  outside  the  College  should  be 
addressed  to  their  lodgings  or  houses.  Addresses  of  the  resident  Members 
of  the  College  may  be  obtained  at  the  Porters'  Lodges. 

"  No  person  not  a  Member  of  the  College  is  entitled  to  use  the  services  of 
the  Messenger. 

"St.  John's  College,  January,  1884." 

The  Messenger  on  delivering  the  letter  or  parcel  cancelled  the  stamps  with 
an  aniline  pencil.  I  am  indebted  to  Dr.  D.  Macalister,  a  Member  of  the 
College,  for  the  above  interesting  information. 

The  Queen's  College  Stamp  was  issued  November  6th,  1883.  It  was 
designed  by  the  late  Mr.  Ernest  Temperley,  and  is  a  copy  of  the  College 
crest,  a  boar's  head  within  a  garter,  inscribed  Queen's  College  at  the  top 
and  Cambridge  at  the  bottom.  Printed  on  ordinary  unwatermarked  paper, 
in  the  College  colours  of  green  and  white.  Perf.  12.  Issued  in  sheets  of 
110  stamps,  and  printed  by  W.  P.  Spalding.     Price  one  halfpenny. 

Selwyn  College  took  the  idea  of  a  stamp  from  Keble  College,  Oxford. 
The  stamp  made  its  appearance  soon  after  the  opening  of  the  College  in  1882. 
The  design  represents  the  arms  of  Bishop  Selwyn,  with  "Selwyn  College, 
Cambridge,"  on  a  scroll  at  the  bottom.  It  is  printed  in  black  on  pink,  un- 
watermarked paper,  and  imperforate.  Price  one  halfpenny.  The  original 
sheet  contained  4S0  stamps,  but  this  was  cut  into  single  stamps  before  it 
left  the  printer.    Designed  and  printed  by  W.  P.  Spalding. 

It  is  to  be  remarked  in  conclusion  that  the  postal  service  in  Cambridge 
has  been  much  improved  since  that  carried  out  by  the  College  Messengers 
was  abolished. 


THE  ADHESIVE  STAMPS  OF  CEYLON  TO  THE 
END  OF  1870, 

A  Paper  read  before  the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  on  Friday,  8th  March,  1S89. 
By  W.   B.   THOENHILL. 


The  stamps  of  Ceylon,  so  far  as  I  can  ascertain,  have  not  been  under  the 
Society's  notice  since  December,  1874,  when  they  were  the  subject  of  study, 
and  you  will  find  the  reference  list  compiled  then  in  vol.  ix.  of  the  Philatelist. 
As  I  am  much  interested  in  Ceylon  stamps  myself,  and  as  our  Vice-President 
wrote  on  the  subject  in  the  jubilee  number  of  the  Timbre-Poste,  and  was 
answered  by  Major  Evans,  about  a  point  in  connection  with  these  stamps 
hitherto  practically  not  discussed,  it  struck  me  a  paper  on  the  subject, 
together  with  a  reference  list  (pending  the  further  study  of  these  stamps 
by  the  Society),  might  be  of  interest  to  you,  dealing  with  the  point  above 
alluded  to  ;  viz.,  the  reason  for  the  existence  of  long  and  short  Ceylon 
stamps  of  same  origin  and  value  of  the  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.  type. 

I  have  been  as  careful  as  possible  in  my  facts,  and  shall  be  much  obliged 
to  anyone  who  will  correct  any  faults. 

You  probably  all  remember  that  Major  Evans,  in  his  catalogue,  appends  a 
note  on  the  unwatermarked  stamps  of  1S63  as  follows  :  "  These  stamps  are 


THE    ADHESIVE    STAMPS    OF    CEYLON.  /  1 

apparently  (indeed,  we  may  say  certainly)  from  the  same  plates  as  the 
other  issues  ;  but  at  the  same  time  the  impressions  on  this  paper  are  about 
r6  inch  shorter  than  those  on  other  papers.  This  can  only  have  been 
occasioned  by  the  paper  having  shrunk  to  some  extent  since  the  stamps 
were  printed,  and  this  would  also  account  for  the  fact  of  the  perforation 
gauging  13  instead  of  12^."  I  agree  with  Major  Evans,  as  I  hope  to  prove 
later  on,  that  there  is  no  doubt  the  stamps  are  from  the  same  matrices, 
which  is,  I  suppose,  Major  Evans's  meaning  when  he  calls  them  plates.  But, 
as  Mr.  Tapling  points  out  in  the  Timbre-Poste,  I  think  he  is  wrong  in 
saying  this  can  only  have  been  occasioned  by  shrinkage  in  paper,  because 
if  so  it  is  only  a  natural  inference  that  the  short  Crown  C  C  stamps,  the 
existence  of  which  Major  Evans  does  not  seem  to  have  noticed,  are  due  to 
shrinkage  also,  in  which  case,  according  to  him,  the  perforation  ought  to  be 
13,  instead  of  which  it  is  12J. 

Mr.  Tapling  in  his  article  says  they  cannot  be  due  to  shrinkage  of  paper, 
because  they  have  all  shrunk  evenly.  I  am  afraid  I  must  disagree  with 
him,  as  they  have  shrunk,  if  shrinkage  it  is,  most  unevenly,  as  you  will  see 
from  this  table  of  measurements  which  I  have  prepared.  I  have  taken  off 
the  measurements  under  a  strong  glass  with  a  pair  of  fine  compasses,  and 
from  a  centimetre  scale.  You  will  see  that  you  can  hardly  find  two  stamps 
of  exactly  the  same  measurements  in  the  same  value,  though  the  difference 
in  many  cases  is  too  small  to  signify. 

I  regret  to  say  my  endeavours  to  get  any  official  information  from  Messrs. 
De  La  Rue  have  proved  futile,  as  they  say  they  are  not  at  liberty  to  give 
any  information  as  to  their  stamp  issues.  Therefore  I  must  take  my 
dates  and  other  information  derived  from  catalogues  as  correct  for  the 
present. 

Before  considering  the  measurements  it  will,  I  think,  be  better  to  study 
the  die  or  dies,  paper,  perforation,  and  watermark,  and  see  if  any  of  these 
bear  on  the  question.  Whether  they  do  or  not,  some  of  the  facts  may  be 
of  interest. 

DIES. 

We  will  start  with  the  assumption  that  the  die  for  each  value  through  all 
the  issues  is  the  same,  and  I  think  I  shall  show  that  it  is.  I  believe  I  am 
correct  in  stating  that  the  imperforated  and  perforated  star-watermarked 
sets  were  engraved  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.,  and 
that  in  1860  the  contract  was  taken  over  by  Messrs.  De  La  Rue,  together 
with  the  dies,  and  the  stamps  printed  by  them  on  their  own  paper.  I  under- 
stand the  1863  no-watermark  set  are  supposed  to  have  been  printed  by  the 
former  firm ;  but  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  the  change  of  paper,  perforation, 
and  colours  in  this  set  (the  colours  agreeing  much  more  with  the  Crown  and 
CC  set  than  with  the  star  sets,  and  we  know  the  former  were  printed  by 
Messrs.  De  La  Rue)  rather  denote  that  they  were  printed  by  Messrs. 
De  La  Rue,  and  that  they  were  unable,  or  did  not  trouble,  to  use  exactly 
the  same  pigments  as  were  used  by  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co. 

There  are  certainly  three  distinct  designs  for  the  heads,  necessitating 
three  dies,  as  can  be  seen  by  comparing  a  |d.,  Id.,  and  4d.  The  difference 
is  so  distinct  that  I  need  not  particularize  much.  The  crown  differs  in 
each,  the  heads  differ  in  size  and  shape,  and  the  Id.  type  has  earrings, 
which  neither  of  the  others  have. 

Of  the  id.  die,  the  no-watermark  and  Crown  and  CC  stamps  seem 
identical. 

Of  the  Id.  die,  the  Id.,  2d.,  5d.,  6d.,  10d.,  Is.  are  all  the  same  as  regards 
the  head  and  the  engine-turned  oval  containing  the  head ;  but  the  rest  of 
the  rectangle  outside  the  oval  differs  somewhat  in  most  of  the  values,  as 
does  of  course  the  lettering  of  value.  These  differences  are  so  patent  that 
I  will  not  take  up  your  time  mentioning  them.  You  will  see  all  those  that 
differ  in  the  specimens  before  you. 

Of  the  4d.  die,  the  4d.,  8d.,  9d.,  Is.  9d.,  2s.  all  appear  to  be  identical,  with 
the  exception  of  the  lettering  of  value. 


72  THE    ADHESIVE    STAMPS    OF   CEYLON. 


All  the  star- watermarked  stamps  are  on  a  fairly  uniform  fine  wove 
yellowish  to  white  paper. 

The  Id.  and  6d.  are  found  bleute;  the  former  perforated  and  imperforated, 
the  latter  only,  I  believe,  imperforated.  The  Id.  is  not  supposed  to  exist, 
but  I  think  the  specimen  before  you  is  undoubtedly  bleute.  The  imper- 
forated ^d.,  and  the  Jd.  perforated,  1863,  are  on  enamelled  wove  paper, 
bleute'  and  white,  though  the  imperforated  alone  are  f oimd  bleute'. 

The  1863  no-watermark  set  seem  to  be  on  a  distinctly  different  make  of 
paper — thinner  and  crisper.  There  is  a  peculiar  blurred  appearance  in  the 
6d.  and  9d.  of  this  set,  reminding  one  of  the  Trinidad  1864  set,  Avhich  tells 
one  at  once  to  what  issue  they  belong. 

The  paper  of  the  Crown  and  C  C  set  is  white  wove,  and  again  somewhat 
different,  varying  much  in  substance,  and  may  be  found  almost  like  cartridge 
paper. 

PERFORATION. 

As  in  the  first  issue  perforated  Queensland,  the  first  issue  perforated  Ceylon 
may  be  divided  into  two  sets — clean-cut  and  roughly-cut  perforations  ; 
though  so  far  I  have  not  come  across  a  5d.  roughly  perforated,  or  a  6d.,  Sd., 
9d.,  10d.,  clean  cut.  They  gauge  irregularly  14  to  16,  and  compound  in 
both  sets.  The  1863  set  (with  exception  of  the  |d.,  which  gauges  12^), 
gauges  13,  fairly  clean  cut,  though  there  is  a  Id.  gauging  12  before  you, 
kindly  lent  to  me  by  Mr.  Barrett.  The  Crown  and  CC  sets  gauge  very 
regularly  12£,  though  I  have  seen  a  |d.  gauging  12|  by  13,  and  I  have  a  Id. 
gauging  12. 

WATERMARK. 

I  have  nothing  to  call  your  attention  to  in  the  star- watermarked  stamps, 
nor  in  the  no-watermarked  set  (1863),  except  that  it  is  curious  how  seldom 
pairs  of  these  stamps  are  met  with,  except  the  Id.,  which  I  have  seen. 
Was  this  set  printed  on  unwatermarked  paper,  or  was  it  due  to  accident  ? 
I  suppose  it  was  the  former ;  but  how  comes  it  that,  as  you  will  see  by 
a  specimen  I  have  of  the  Is.,  which  I  do  not  think  there  is  any  doubt 
belongs  to  this  set,  you  find  a  ]Tj)  watermarked  in  the  paper  ?  What  was 
the  sheet  on  which  this  stamp  was  printed  watermarked  with  ?  The  only 
lettering  in  the  watermarking  of  the  sheets  I  have  seen  is  "  Crown 
Colonies,"  in  various  sized  types,  and  it  is  no  part  of  those  words.  I  must 
therefore  take  a  leap  in  the  dark,  and  suggest  that  it  is  the  D  of  De  La  Rue, 
who  either  manufactured  the  paper  or  had  their  name  watermarked  in  it. 
If  I  land  on  secure  ground,  of  course  my  previous  surmise  as  to  the  printers 
of  this  set  is  correct. 

I  am  now  going  to  tread  on  very  delicate  ground,  and  fully  expect  our 
Vice-President's  incisive  pen  will  be  in  motion  very  soon.  You  all  know,  I 
take  it,  that  certain  values  of  the  long  stamps,  in  the  colours  of  the  Crown 
and  C  C  set,  are  supposed  to  exist  without  watermark,  of  which  our  Vice- 
President  has  several.  I  do  not  believe  in  their  existence  without  a  water- 
mark. My  reasons  for  coming  to  this  conclusion  are,  first  and  mainly, 
because  I  have  never  seen  one.  I  have  had  several  sent  me,  and  had 
several  myself,  that  I  fondly  believed  to  be  like  Caesar's  wife  ;  but  I  have 
found,  on  submitting  them  to  a  bath,  and  otherwise  carefully  examining 
them,  that  every  one  revealed  either  a  portion  of  the  Crown  and  C  C,  part 
of  a  letter,  or  a  line  ;  and  I  have  little  doubt,  if  I  might  be  allowed  to  soak 
and  examine  any  of  these  so-called  no-watermarked  long  stamps,  I  should 
find  a  watermark. 

We  may  fairly  start  with  the  idea  that,  if  they  exist,  they  are  due  to 
some  flaw  in  the  watermarking  of  the  sheet,  because  if  not,  as  they  are  of 
so  recent  a  date,  and  dealers  have  had  and  have  large  blocks  of  the  Crown 
and  C  C,  bought  at  the  time  of  issue,  we  should  most  probably  have  heard 
of  them  in  blocks ;  and  I  have  never  heard  any  one  suggest  yet  that  they 
have  a  pair  of  long  no-watermarked  stamps.  I  think  the  following  facts 
will  bear  out  my  statement. 


THE    ADHESIVE    STAMPS    OF    CEYLON.  73 

The  Id.,  2d.,  and  6d.  are  the  values  most  commonly  supposed  to  exist. 
These  three  values,  with  the  |d. ,  are,  I  believe,  the  only  values  which  were 
watermarked  in  panes.  You  will  see  in  the  block  of  Id.  before  you  that,  at 
all  events,  that  portion,  and  I  think  we  may  take  it  the  whole  sheet,  was 
watermarked  in  four  panes,  each  pane  surrounded  by  a  line ;  and  between 
the  panes  horizontally  the  words  "  Crown  Colonies,"  in  large  block  letters. 
There  are  plenty  of  places  on  that  sheet,  if  the  position  of  the  sheet  was 
slightly  altered  before  being  printed  on,  where  a  stamp  would  show  only  a 
portion  of  a  letter  or  a  line,  which  in  some  stamps  would  undoubtedly  be 
difficult  to  see,  and  would  lead  one  to  suppose  they  had  no  watermark  at  all. 
Again,  on  this  particular  sheet  it  would  be  possible,  though  most  improbable, 
given  a  certain  position  of  the  sheet,  to  have  so  printed  it  that  a  stamp 
came  exactly  between  the  n  of  crown  and  the  c  of  colonies,  and  exactly 
between  the  two  compartment  lines  of  the  panes  above  and  below ;  in  that 
case  the  watermark  would  be  invisible,  though  there;  for  the  distance 
between  the  compartment  lines  is  not  long  enough,  and  the  lines  would 
come  in  the  top  and  bottom  perforation.  Therefore,  as  regards  the  Id.,  I 
have  shown  the  probability,  at  all  events,  that,  though  it  may  appear  to 
have  no  watermark,  still  it  most  likely  has.  I  have  not  had  sheets  of  the 
2d. ,  green,  and  the  6d. ,  brown ;  but  I  have  pairs  showing  lines,  evidently 
part  of  the  line  surrounding  a  pane ;  and  if  my  theory  holds  good  for  the 
Id.,  it  will  for  the  2d.  and  6d.  If  we  look  at  the  other  values,  of  which  you 
will  see  several  blocks  here,  you  will  not  find  any  vestige  of  watermarking  in 
panes  ;  and  it  is  of  these  values— the  4d.,  5d.,  8d.,  9d.,  10d.,  Is.,  2s.— that 
we  do  not  get  specimens  apparently  without  watermark.  Is  it  not  therefore 
a  fair  conclusion  to  come  to,  that  the  Id.,  2d.,  and  6d.  are  really  not  on  un- 
watermarked  paper  at  all  l  It  is  not  likely  that  those  should  be  the  only 
values  printed  on  unwatermarked  paper,  and  one  certainly  does  not  often 
hear  of  the  others.  I  may  mention  here  that  Mr.  Tapling  has  a  5d.  and  lOd. 
supposed  to  be  unwatermarked,  but  I  should  be  much  surprised  if  I  could 
not  find  a  mark.  I  have  brought  several  specimens  which  certainly  appear 
unwatermarked,  but  they  all  are.  One  has  a  line  only,  right  across  the 
stamp,  and  invisible,  except  when  soaked. 

While  on  the  subject  of  watermarks,  it  is  perhaps  worth  noticing  that 
the  words  "  Crown  Colonies  "  in  the  Id.  block  are  in  much  smaller  letters 
than  in  any  of  the  other  blocks.  You  will  also  see  in  the  blocks  of  2d., 
olive-yellow,  4d.,  and  Is.,  that  there  seems  to  have  been  some  difficulty  in 
spelling  crown,  as  in  those  blocks  it  is  spelt  crwon. 

I  am  afraid  I  have  been  a  long  time  getting  to  the  question  of  the  long 
and  short  stamps.  I  will  put  my  facts  as  shortly  as  possible,  and  must  then 
leave  the  reason  for  their  existence  for  some  one  to  solve,  who  can  ascertain 
the  way  these  stamps  were  reduplicated  from  the  matrices  and  printed,  as  I 
do  not  think  till  we  know  that,  we  can  get  much  nearer  the  solution  of  the 
difficulty  than  I  have. 

The  first  thing  that  strikes  one,  on  looking  at  the  table,  is  the  want  of 
regularity  in  the  length  of  all  the  stamps  which  we  have  assumed  are  from 
the  same  dies,  no  matter  what  issue ;  and  I  would  ask  you  to  remember 
that  I  have  not  put  down  all  the  differences  I  have  found,  but  only  the 
extremes,  or  where  the  difference  is  more  or  less  measurable.  There  is  not 
a  single  stamp  constant  in  length  through  all  the  issues.  You  will  see  from 
the  table  also  what  may  not  be  generally  known,  that  the  nearly  whole  set 
Crown  and  C  C  exist  long  and  short  to  as  great  an  extent  as  the  1863  set  are 
shorter  than  the  long  Crown  and  C  C.  I  have  divided  this  issue  into  two 
sets,  long  and  short,  all  of  which  I  have  found,  except  the  |d.,  2d.,  green, 
5d. ,  red-brown,  which  I  have  not  seen  short. 

For  the  sake  of  making  two  sets,  I  have  called  those  long  measuring 
26  mm.  or  over  (and  all  are  found  over  that  length),  and  those  short  under 
26  mm.,  most  of  which  can  be  found  25*50  mm.  The  smaller  differences, 
which  are  practically  immeasurable,  but  which  exist,  are  no  doubt  due  to 
slight  running  of  the  colour  ;  but  where  the  difference  is  as  much  as  a  J  m., 


74  THE   ADHESIVE   STAMPS    OF    CEYLON. 

we  must,  I  think,  dismiss  that  idea  as  the  reason  for  the  difference  in  lengths. 
The  short  1863  set  are  much  more  regular  than  any  other  set  in  length, 
but  they  differ,  as  you  will  see.  In  the  short  stamps  the  whole  stamp  is 
shorter.  Not  only  the  frame,  but  the  head,  from  top  of  crown  to  point  of 
bust,  varies  in  length  in  proportion  to  the  stamp. 

The  octagonal  Grown  and  C  C  set  are  wider  than  the  original  star  octagonals. 

The  ^d.  is  the  only  stamp  I  have  found  constant  in  size,  and  that  is  a 
different  class  of  printing  altogether  from  the  other  values. 

To  convey  what  I  mean  I  have  called  certain  shades  cold  and  warm,  as 
you  will  see  by  the  stamps  I  have  put  side  by  side.  The  cold  shades  seem 
to  be  printed  with  less  colouring  matter,  and  to  be  more  clear  ;  and  almost 
without  exception  you  will  find  the  cold  shades  are  long  stamps  and  the 
warm  shades  "short.  This,  I  think,  disposes  of  one  theory  as  to  these  stamps 
which  I  heard  the  other  day — that  they  are  simply  due  to  running  of  the 
colour — because  if  it  were  so,  surely  the  cold  shades  would  be  short,  and 
vice  versa;  but  if  that  is  not  sufficient,  the  absence  or  presence  of  more 
or  less  colouring  matter  could  never  make  the  heads  shorter  and  smaller,  as 
they  undoubtedly  are. 

The  4d.,  6d.,  8d.,  9d.,  2s.  more  particularly  can  be  divided  into  distinctly 
cold  and  warm  shades,  as  I  think  you  will  see  by  these  here  ;  and  they  are 
long  and  short,  as  I  have  stated.  These  are,  I  think,  the  chief  points 
noticeable  about  the  long  and  short  Crown  and  C  C  stamps.  Now  let  us  see 
what  we  can  arrive  at  from  the  evidence  before  us. 

We  have  dismissed  the  idea  of  running-in  colour  causing  the  difference. 

We  will  now  consider  the  pros  and  cons  of  the  shrinkage  of  paper  theory. 

Major  Evans  thinks  the  perforation  of  the  1863  set  being  13  instead  of 
12J  shows  shrinkage  ;  but  that  we  may  put  aside,  as  the  Crown  and  CC 
short  stamps  gauge  12§.  Shrinkage  would  not  make  a  rough-cut  perforation 
like  the  12^  perforation  into  a  fairly  clean-cut  perforation  13,  like  the  1863 
set.  If  from  shrinkage  of  paper,  why  have  they  only  shrunk  in  length  and 
not  in  breadth  ?  I  believe  it  is  possible  for  paper  to  shrink  only  one  way, 
but  not  likely.  One  would  expect  to  get  from  such  a  large  shrinkage  a 
running  together  of  the  lines  and  the  impressions  becoming  more  or  less 
indistinct.     We  do  not  find  that. 

That  the  stamps  would  expand  to  a  certain  extent  if  soaked  for  any  time  ; 
but  forty-eight  hours'  soaking  makes  not  the  slightest  difference.  The 
total  shrinkage  on  a  sheet,  taking  1  m.  per  stamp,  and  allowing  twenty  rows 
of  twelve,  which  I  suppose  was  the  size  of  the  sheet,  would  be  roughly 
20  mm.,  which  I  understand  from  a  practical  paper  manufacturer  is  an 
impossible  amount  for  so  small  a  sheet  of  paper  to  shrink. 

I  think  these  reasons  are  sufficient  to  put  shrinkage  of  paper  out  of  court. 

What  other  reasons  are  there  possible  ]  Different  matrices  for  the  long  and 
short  stamps  is  the  only  natural  reason  left,  but  I  think  I  can  prove  that 
the  matrices  for  each  value  through  each  issue  are  identical.  If  you  will 
examine  the  five  Id.  stamps  before  you — all  the  different  Id.  there  are,  star, 
perforated  and  imperforated,  no-watermark,  and  CC,  long  and  short— and 
look  carefully  at  the  left-hand  bottom  square,  which  contains  a  rose-shaped 
ornament,  in  the  middle  of  which  you  will  find  a  many-rayed  star,  one  ray 
of  which  points,  if  I  may  call  it  so,  north  by  east,  and  runs  up  a  little  into 
the  white  space  dividing  the  pear-shaped  leaves  of  the  rose.  This  ray  is 
longer  than  the  other  rays,  and  is  not  so  in  the  right-hand  bottom  ornament ; 
but  it  is  present,  this  peculiarity,  in  each  of  the  one  pennies  before  you,  show- 
ing to  my  mind  clearly  that  there  was  never  more  than  one  matrix  made  for 
this  value.  If  there  had  been,  is  it  likely,  not  to  say  possible,  that  that  little 
irregularity,  as  it  can  hardly  have  been  made  so  intentionally,  would  have 
been  copied  ]  There  are  dozens  of  other  peculiar  little  lines  and  marks  in 
this  value,  constant  in  all  the  issues  short  and  long,  but  I  think  this  one 
is  enough  for  our  purpose.  I  can  find  you  some  peculiarity  also  in  all 
the  other  values  constant  in  all  the  issues.  I  do  not  think  there  can  be 
much  hesitation  in  saying  that  the  long  and  short  stamps  are  from  the  same 
dies  or  matrices.     What  is  the  difference  due  to  ?    Mr.  Tapling  thinks  it  is 


THE    ADHESIVE   STAMPS    OF    CEYLON.  75 

from  some  mistake  in  the  formation  of  the  plate  from  which  they  are 
printed,  though  what  that  mistake  can  be,  I  do  not  think  he  suggests  in  his 
article ;  but  I  feel  sure  he  has  as  usual  hit  the  nail  somewhere  near  the 
head,  and  that  until  we  know  how  the  plates  were  formed  to  print  from, 
and  how  the  stamps  were  printed,  we  shall  not  be  able  to  say  how  it  is  that 
these  stamps  from  the  same  matrices  vary  in  length.  During  the  time  these 
stamps  were  in  use  there  surely  must  have  been  more  than  one  working- 
plate  to  print  from,  and  it  seems  to  me  probable  that  as  soon  as  Messrs. 
Be  La  Rue  took  over  the  contract  they  found  they  wanted  more  working- 
plates,  and  constructed  some ;  and  during  that  construction  something- 
happened  to  cause  the  new  plates  to  be  smaller  than  the  original  ones. 
Could  the  steel  plates  in  the  process  of  hardening  have  shrunk  in  length ! 
That  seems  most  improbable. 

Whatever  the  reason  may  be,  and  I  do  not  expect  we  are  very  wide  of 
the  mark,  I  think  I  have  exploded  the  shrinkage  of  paper  theory,  and  the 
different  matrix  theory.  It  only  now  remains,  if  I  have  done  so,  for  some  one 
to  get  official  information  on  the  manufacture  of  these  stamps. 

I  will  now,  if  not  taking  up  your  time  too  much,  read  hurriedly  through 
the  reference  list  I  have  made  out,  and  I  shall  be  much  obliged  for  any 
corrections  or  additions  to  it. 

CEYLON. 

Issue  I. 

1857-61  (Moens,  1854  ?).    Eleven  values. 

Engraved  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.,  London. 
Coloured  impression  on  crisp  yellowish  and  spongy  soft  yellowish  wove 
paper.  Watermarked,  a  large  six-rayed  star.  Imperforate.  Two  distinct 
dies  used— A,  large  head,  with  earrings ;  B,  small  head,  without  earrings. 
A,  Id.,  2d.,  5d.,  6d.,  10d.,  Is.;  B,  4d.,  8d.,  9d.,  Is.  9d.,  2s.  Of  A,  the 
head  and  engine-turned  oval  containing  it  are  the  same  in  each  value  ;  but 
the  corners  and  frames  outside  the  oval  differ  in  most  of  the  values.  Of  B, 
all  values  are  the  same,  except  the  lettering  of  value.  The  average  size  of 
stamps  A,  26'25  mm.  long,  19'25  mm.  wide  ;  B,  2575  mm.  long,  19*50  wide. 
The  varieties  in  the  frames  and  lettering  of  A  can  be  easily  seen. 

Id. ,  blue,  dark  to  pale. 

2d.,  green,  grass  to  yellow-green  (found  bottle-green,  probably  chemical). 

4d.,  milky-rose  (never  seen  any  other  colour). 

5d.,  warm  brown. 

6d.,  dark  brown,  violet-brown,  brown,  light  straw-brown. 

8d.,  deep  warm  brown. 

9d.,  violet-brown  (never  seen  satisfactory  copy  in  any  other  shade). 

10d.,  soft  vermilion. 

Is.,  pale  violet  to  bluish- violet. 

Is.  9d.,  green,  dark  to  pale  (also  in  bottle-green  as  2d.). 

2s.,  milky-blue. 

Note. — The  Id.  and  2d.  exist  peree's  en  ligne.  (T.  K.  T.)*  The  Id.  and 
6d.  on  paper  blued  by  chemical  action  of  gum. 

Issue  II. 
1860  (Moens,  1861  ?).     One  value. 
Engraved  and  printed  by  Messrs.  De  La  Rue  and  Co.,  London.     Coloured 
impression  on  crisp  glazed  or  enamelled  wove  paper,  bluish  and  white  ; 
no  watermark.    Imperforate.     This  is  a  new  die  altogether,  making  to  this 
date  three  distinct  dies  as  regards  the  head.   Size,  26  mm.  long,  19  mm.  wide. 
|d.,  on  bluish  paper,  lilac, 
id.,  on  white  paper,  lilac  to  pale  lilac-pink. 
Note. — This  stamp  exists  perceen  ligne.  (T.  K.  T.) 

*  The  initials  are  references  to  the  collections  of  the  following  members  of  the  Society : 
T.  K.  Tapling,  A.  R.  Barrett,  M.  P.  Castle,  and  W.  B.  Thornhill. 


76  THE   ADHESIVE    STAMPS    OF   CEYLON. 

Issue  III. 
1861-2.     Ten  values. 

Engraved  and  printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.,  London. 
Coloured  impression  on  soft  yellowish  wove  paper,  varying  in  substance. 
Watermarked,  large  six-rayed  star.  Perforated  15£,  15,  14£,  14,  compound. 
As  in  the  early  Queensland,  this  issue  may  be  separated  into  two  sets — 
clean-cut  and  roughly-cut  perforations  ;  otherwise  same  as  Issue  I.,  without 
the  Is.  9d.  value. 

Id.,  blue,  shades. 

2d. ,  grass-green,  shades. 

4d.,  milky-rose  (as  Issue  I.),  bright  rose  (former  probably  earliest  printed). 

5d.,  warm  brown. 

6d.,  brown,  shades  (violet-brown  not  found  perforated). 

8d.,  nut-brown,  yellow-brown,  shades  of  each. 

9d.,  lilac-brown,  brown,  olive-brown,  many  shades. 

10d.,  vermilion. 

Is.,  light  violet,  bluish-violet. 

2s.,  dark  warm  blue. 

lOd.  (1862  ?),  vermilion,  perforated  12£  and  12|  by  14. 

Note.— The  lOd.  exists  imperforated  vertically.  (T.  K.  T.)  I  have  not 
found  the  5d.,  roughly  perforated,  or  the  6d.,  8d.,  9d.,  lOd.  (small  perforation), 
and  2s.,  clean-cut  perforation. 

Issue  IV. 
1863  (Evans),  1864,  July  (Moens).    Six  values. 

Printers  (?)  Usually  said  to  be  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.,  but  I 
think,  from  change  of  colours  and  paper,  probably  Messrs.  De  La  Rue,  who 
took  the  contract  for  printing  the  stamps  about  this  time.  Coloured  im- 
pression on  crisp  thinnish  white  wove  paper.  No  watermark.  Perforated, 
fairly  clean-cut  13,  except  ^d.,  12|.  Average  size,  which  is  more  regular  in 
this  set  than  in  any  other  issue ;  25'50  mm.  long,  19  mm.  wide.  Dies  as 
in  Issues  I.  and  II. 

|d. ,  pale  lilac. 

Id.,  darkish  blue. 

5d.,  carmine-brown. 

6d. ,  warm  brown.      \  Very  few  shades  in  this  issue. 

9d., 

Is.,  cold  violet. 

Note. — There  is  a  peculiar  blurred  appearance  in  the  6d.,  9d.,  as  in  1864 
issue  of  Trinidad,  which  at  once  shows  to  what  issue  they  belong.  The  Id. 
exists  perforated  12.  (A.  R.  B.) 

Issue  V. 

1864-70.     Eleven  values. 

Printed  by  Messrs.  De  La  Rue  and  Co.  Coloured  impression  on  white 
wove  thick  to  thin  paper.  Watermarked  Crown  over  C  C.  Perforated  12^  ; 
|d.  also  13  x  12 \.  The  stamps  of  this  issue  vary  so  much  in  length  that  I 
have  divided  them  into  two  sets— long  and  short ;  the  former  measuring 
26  mm.  long  and  over  by  19'25  mm.  wide  and  over ;  the  latter,  appreciably 
under  those  measurements,  averaging  25*50  mm.  long,  19 "25  mm.  wide. 
Dies  as  in  Issues  I.  and  II. 

Long.     26  mm.  long,  or  over,  by  1925  mm.  wide,  or  over. 
1864.        ^d.,  lilac,  deep  violet,  mauve  shades. 
1864.        Id.,  cold  blue,  deep  warm  blue. 
1867.        2d.,  grass-green. 
1864.        2d.,  sea-green,  shades. 
1866.        2d.,  emerald-green. 


THE    ADHESIVE    STAMPS    OP    CEYLON.  77 

1867-8.  2d.,  orange-yellow,  olive-yellow,  shades. 

1865.  4d.,  cold  rose. 

1865.  5d.,  carmine-brown. 

1867.  5d.,  yellow-green. 

1869.  5d.,  olive-green,  warm  olive-green. 
1865.  6d.,  dark  cold  brown,  shades. 

1865.  8d.,  cold  red-brown. 

1866.  9d.,  cold  brown,  shades. 

1865.  10d.,  bright  vermilion. 

1866.  Is.,  dark  pale  violet,  shades. 

1867.  2s.,  cold  deep  blue. 

Shwt.    25*50  mm.  long,  19*25  mm.  wide. 

1864.  |d.,  pink-lilac. 

1864.  Id.,  blue,  dark  warm  blue. 
1867-8.  2d. ,  orange-yellow,  olive-yellow. 

1865.  4d. ,  warm  rose. 

1867-9.  5d.,  full  sage-green,  yellow-green. 

1865.  6d.,  warm  reddish-brown. 

1865.  8d.,  warm  carmine-brown. 

1866.  9d.,  warm  brown. 

1868.  lOd. ,  orange-vermilion. 
1868.  Is.,  bright  violet. 

1870.  2s.,  Prussian  blue. 

Note.— So  far  I  have  not  found  a  2d.,  green,  of  this  issue  short,  or  a  5d., 
carmine-brown ;  and  I  have  measured  a  large  number.  I  have  purposely 
in  these  long  and  short  sets  called  colours  cold  and  warm  as  I  have  found, 
especially  in  the  4d.,  6d.,  8d.,  9d.,  2s.,  that  almost  without  exception  the 
cold  colours  are  long  and  the  warm  short. 

Certain  values  of  this  issue  are  supposed  to  exist  without  a  watermark. 
Long  stamps,  as  in  the  CC  long  set,  printed  in  the  cold  colours,  I  have 
mentioned  above  and  perforated  12J,  but  none  have  proved  to  be  so  that 
I  have  examined. 

No  Watermark  (?)    Long  Stamps ;  perf.  12J. 

(W.  B.  T.)  Id.,  blue(?). 

(W.  B.  T.)  2d.,  sea-green,  grass-green,  emerald-green  (?). 

(T.  K.  T.)  5d.,  carmine-brown  (?). 

(W.  B.  T.)  6d.,  cold  brown  (?). 

(M.  P.  C.)  8d.,  carmine-brown  (?). 

(T.  K.  T.)  10d.,  vermilion  (?). 

The  4d.,  Crown  and  C  C,  is  known  imperforated  and  used,  and  most  of  the 
values  are  known  imperforated  and  unused ;  but  these  can,  I  think,  only  be 
looked  upon  as  proofs,  the  used  copy  I  mention  probably  having  passed 
through  the  post  accidentally. 

The  4d.,  Crown  and  CC,  exists  on  paper  three  times  as  thick  as  the 
ordinary  paper,  being  almost  like  thin  cardboard.  (T.  K.  T.) 

The  Id.,  long,  found  perforated  12. 

Before  concluding  this  paper  I  wish  to  express  my  thanks  to  several 
members  of  the  Society,  and  also  to  Messrs.  Pemberton,  Wilson,  and  Co., 
Mons.  Moens,  and  Messrs.  Stanley,  Gibbons,  and  Co.,  for  their  kindness  in 
lending  me  respectively  their  collections  and  stock,  and  to  the  members 
present  for  the  patient  way  they  have  listened  to  my  paper,  which  I  fear 
is  mostly  theory  with  very  little  fact,  except  what  they  all  knew  before. 
I  can  only  say  that  I  shall  be  most  happy  to  have  each  theory  I  have  put 
forward  upset  if  I  have  been  the  means  of  stirring  any  one  up  to  get  at 
the  real  facts  of  the  matter,  so  that  there  may  be  no  more  theories  possible ; 
and  there  certainly  ought  to  be  nothing  but  facts  in  philately. 


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THE    ADHESIVE    STAMPS    OF    CEYLON.  79 

We  perfectly  agree  with  the  author  of  this  paper,  and  also  with  the  Vice- 
President,  that  the  variation  in  length  of  the  Ceylon  stamps  is  not  due  to 
shrinkage  in  the  paper.  The  shrinkage  of  an  inch  in  a  sheet  22J  x  12  inches 
is  quite  out  of  the  question.  This  difference  in  the  length  of  the  stamps 
was  noticed  at  a  very  early  date  of  stamp  history,  as  we  find  it  mentioned  in 
December,  1864  {Stamp  Collector's  Magazine,  vol.  ii) ;  and  the  writer  there 
says  that  for  about  four  months  previous  to  the  date  of  his  letter  he  had 
found  the  stamps  to  be  shorter  than  formerly.  He  puts  the  difference  as 
being  as  much  as  one-tenth  of  an  inch  ;  but  he  is  probably  mistaken  in  this, 
for  it  certainly  is  never  found  to  be  so  much  as  2£  mm.  And  here  let  us 
make  one  observation  on  measuring.  Long  experience  has  taught  us  that 
it  is  best  not  to  depend  upon  compasses.  The  best  mode,  we  believe,  is  to 
make  use  of  a  boxwood  20-cent.  measure,  reduced  to  a  knife  edge,  and 
marked  for  half  millimetres  ;  or  if  smaller  graduations  are  required,  a  nickel 
measure  is  preferable.  The  measure  can  be  laid  along  the  stamp,  so  as  to 
secure  that  the  measurement  is  taken  exactly  parallel  with  the  edge. 

In  endeavouring  to  prove  a  case  by  circumstantial  evidence,  it  is  well  to 
examine  into  any  motives  that  there  could  be  for  the  act.  Messrs.  Perkins, 
Bacon,  and  Co.,  at  the  time  they  were  charged  with  making  the  Ceylon  series 
of  1857,  had  already  engraved  and  printed  stamps  of  the  size  of  1  x  f  inch 
— equivalent  to  25*4  x  19*05  mm. — for  Tasmania,  New  Zealand,  South 
Australia,  and  St.  Helena,  all  of  which,  with  the  exception  of  New  Zealand, 
were  printed  on  paper  watermarked  with  a  six-rayed  star.  The  paper  was 
adapted  for  printing  240  stamps,  in  twenty  rows  of  twelve.  Supposing  the 
rows  to  be  placed  at  the  same  distances  apart  as  was  allowed  for  the  other 
stamps,  and  that  the  die  of  the  Ceylon  measured  26*50  mm.,  the  plate  of 
the  latter  would  be  20  mm.  longer.  In  printing  the  Ceylon  stamps  from 
such  a  plate  on  the  star-watermarked  paper  there  would  doubtless  be  in- 
conveniences that  did  not  arise  in  the  case  of  the  other  stamps,  which  were 
all,  we  believe,  of  the  same  size,  or  very  nearly  so,  and  fitted  the  watermarks. 

When,  in  1859,  they  tried  the  same  paper  for  the  St.  Lucia  stamps,  we 
know  what  shifts  they  were  put  to ;  and  it  was  only  tried  for  the  Natal 
stamps  for  one  small  lot.  It  was,  in  fact,  made  expressly  for  stamps  of 
1  x  |  inch. 

Now  the  dies  of  the  first  Tasmania,  New  Zealand,  and  South  Australia 
—we  can  leave  out  St.  Helena,  as  there  was  only  one  die — were  constructed 
on  the  same  principle  as  those  for  the  English  stamps  of  Id.  and  2d.  One 
original  die  alone  was  made  with  a  blank  label,  and  from  this,  secondary  dies 
for  the  two  values  were  produced.  In  the  case  of  the  Ceylon  stamps,  and 
also  in  those  of  Newfoundland,  which  were  almost  contemporaneous,  a 
different  plan  was  adopted.  An  attempt  was  made  to  vary  the  frame,  as 
well  as  the  lettering.  It  does  not  require  a  magnifying  glass  to  see  where 
the  constant  part  ended  and  where  the  varying  part  began.  The  Newfound- 
land stamps  measure,  we  believe,  26  x  20  mm. ;  but,  as  they  were  printed  on 
plain  paper,  they  offered  no  inconvenience. 

The  variation  in  size  must  therefore  be  attributable  either  to  the  die  or 
the  plates.  Any  one  who  has  seen  the  process  of  transferring  the  die  to 
the  plates  invented  by  the  late  Mr.  Perkins,  will  agree  with  us  that  a 
variation  in  length  could  not  take  place  in  the  course  of  the  operation ;  but 
it  is  just  possible  that  some  slight  variation  in  breadth  might  occur.  The 
real  cause  must  therefore  be  sought  either  in  the  die  or  in  the  transferring 
roller. 


80  PHILATELIC   SOCIETY    OF   LONDON. 

Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.  constructed  one  set  of  dies,  and  one 
only,  for  the  stamps,  and  the  dies  were  never  altered.  The  shortening  must 
therefore  have  taken  place  in  the  roller  impression.  How  this  was  effected 
we  are  not  able  to  say ;  but  that  it  was  shortened  in  some  way  there  can 
be  no  doubt.  The  firm  possessed  great  fertility  of  invention  ;  and,  if  not 
shortened  by  the  engraver,  it  is  possible  that  it  may  have  been  done  by  taking 
the  roller  impression  hot,  and  shrinking  it.  After  the  lapse  of  upwards  of 
thirty  years  it  is  not  easy  to  find  out  this,  but  it  was  probably  done  by  the  en- 
graver, and  this  is  the  belief  of  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.  themselves. 

Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.  constructed  several  plates  of  the  various 
values  of  the  Ceylon  stamps,  and  gave  them  over  to  the  Crown  Agents  in 
1862.  Those  on  un watermarked  paper  and  on  the  Crown  C  C  paper  were 
not  printed  by  them,  but  by  Messrs.  De  La  Rue  and  Co.,  from  the  plates 
handed  over.  The  dies  were  never  given  over  to  Messrs.  De  La  Rue  and  Co. 
This  latter  firm  must  have  found  some  trouble  in  printing  these  large  stamps 
on  their  Crown  C  C  paper,  as  this  paper  came  first  into  use  in  1864,  and  was 
tried  for  the  One  Penny  of  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope,  for  which  it  was  still 
worse  adapted. 

This  will  account  for  the  stamps  printed  in  1863  being  on  un  watermarked 
paper,  which  has  usually  been  supposed  to  have  been  made  by  Saunders. 
Of  these  the  Id.,  5d.,  6d.,  9d.,  and  Is.  are  known  to  exist  perforated  13, 
which  distinguishes  them  from  any  outsiders  of  the  Crown  C  C  series,  which 
are  perforated  12|. 

There  is  only  one  point  more  that  we  will  mention.  The  author  of  the 
paper  seems  to  think  that  Messrs.  De  La  Rue  and  Co.  constructed  other 
plates  when  they  took  over  the  contract.  This  is  not  so ;  the  dies  were 
never  in  their  possession.  What  they  printed  were  printed,  as  we  have 
said,  from  the  plates  handed  over  to  them  by  the  agents  of  the  Crown 
Colonies.— Ed. 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON, 


COMMITTEE  FOR  THE  YEAR  1888-89. 

President— F.  A.  Phtlbrick,  Q.C. 

Vice-President— -T.  K.  Tapling,  M.P. 

Secretary — D.  Garth. 
Assistant-Secretary — J.  A.  Tilleard. 
Treasurer  and  Librarian — C.  N.  Biggs. 
Dr.  C.  W.  Viner.  I         E.  D.  Bacon. 

M.  P.  Castle.  A.  W.  Chambers. 

The  eleventh  meeting  of  the  season  was  held  at  the  Salisbury  Hotel,  Fleet 
Street,  on  Friday,  the  15th  March,  1889,  at  7.30  p.m.,  eighteen  members 
and  one  visitor  being  present,  and  Mr.  M.  P.  Castle  in  the  chair,  in  the 
absence  of  the  President  and  Vice-President.  After  the  minutes  of  the  last 
meeting  had  been  read  and  confirmed,  Mr.  Thornhill  read  a  paper  on 
"  The  Stamps  of  Ceylon,"  in  which  the  various  theories  hitherto  propounded 
to  account  for  the  differences  of  measurement  in  the  stamps  of  the  early 
types  were  exhaustively  criticised,  and  some  new  suggestions  put  forward  for 
the  consideration  of  Philatelists.  An  elaborate  table  of  measurements,  and 
a  large  number  of  specimens  of  the  various  stamps,  were  exhibited  by  Mr. 
Thornhill,  to  illustrate  the  various  points  referred  to  in  the  paper,  which 
concluded  with  a  complete  list  of  the  Stamps  of  Ceylon.  After  a  lengthy 
discussion  on  some  of  the  points  raised,  a  cordial  vote  of  thanks  was  accorded 
to  Mr.  Thornhill  for  his  very  interesting  paper,  and,  with  his  consent,  it  was 
decided  to  request  permission  to  publish  the  paper  in  the  Philatelic  Record. 

Stanley,  Gibbons  &  Co.,  8,  Gower  Street,  London,  W.C, 


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Vol.  XL  MAY,    1889.  No.  125. 


iE  shall  this  month  best  consult  our  own  inclinations 
as  well  as  the  interests  of  our  readers  by  refraining 
from  appropriating  any  space  to  ourselves,  and  thus 
leaving  more  room  for  others.     It  is  a  great  satisfac- 
tion to  us,  for  it  makes  the  Record  more  valuable, 
when  we  can  find  able  hands  to  contribute  to  its 
We  thank  them  one  and  all  for  their  kind  assistance. 
We  have  been  requested  by  the  Crown  Agents  for  the  Colonies,  to 
whom  we  are  indebted  for  many  acts  of  kindness  in  our  editorial 
capacity,  to  give  publicity  to  the  following  announcement : 

FIJI. 

NON-CURRENT   POSTAGE   STAMPS. 

The  Government  of  Fiji  has  requested  the  Crown  Agents  for  the  Colonies 
to  dispose  of  a  quantity  of  non-current  postage  stamps  of  that  colony,  and 
they  will  receive  tenders  for  their  purchase  up  to  the  17th  day  of  June  next. 

The  stamps  are  believed  to  be  of  the  following  description  and  quantities  : 

1.  3244  3d. ,  green ;  C.R.  overprinted  V.R.,  and  surcharged  "Twopence" 

in  black. 

2.  11,895  3d.,  green  ;  V.R.  surcharged  "  Twopence  "  in  black. 

3.  495  3d.,  green  ;  C.R.  with  V.R.  overprinted  in  black. 

4.  146  3d.,  green;  C.R. 

5.  796  3d.,  purple;  C.R.  overprinted  V.R.,  and  surcharged  "Fourpence" 

in  black. 

6.  4496  6d.,  red  ;  C.R.  overprinted  V.R.  in  black. 

7.  46  6d.,  red;  C.R. 

8.  3495  Id.,  blue  ;  C.R.  overprinted  V.R.  in  black. 

Tenders  must  state  the  price  offered  for  the  stamps  if  printed  across  with 
the  word  "  specimen,"  and  also  the  price  if  not  so  printed. 

The  several  parcels  cannot  be  broken  up,  and  the  stamps  must  be  tendered 
for  in  bulk,  and  tenderers  must  take  all  responsibility  in  connection  with  the 
quantities,  condition,  and  description  of  the  stamps  sold.  A  specimen  taken 
from  each  parcel  can  be  seen  on  application  at  the  Crown  Agents'  offices. 

Offices  of  the  Crown  Agents  for  the  Colonies, 
Downing  Street,  S.W.,  May,  1889, 


82  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 

With  reference  to  these  stamps  we  would  remark  that  No.  1  is 
No.  47  in  M.  Moens'  catalogue.  No.  2  is  in  pale  green  on  white 
icove  paper.  No.  3  is  identical  with  No.  1,  save  that  it  is  not 
surcharged  with  "  Twopence."  No.  4  is  similar,  but  in  yellow- 
green,  and  is  not  overprinted  or  surcharged.  It  corresponds  with 
No.  56  in  M.  Moens'  catalogue,  except  that  it  is  not  perforated. 
No.  5  corresponds  with  No.  54  of  M.  Moens'  catalogue,  except  that 
it  is  not  perforated.  No.  6  corresponds  with  No.  48  of  the  same 
catalogue.  No.  7  with  No.  57,  and  No.  8  with  No.  49,  except 
that  it  is  not  perforated.  The  overprint  of  V.R  in  all  cases  is  that 
of  the  ornamented  script  monogram  of  1876,  and  the  perforation 
12J. 

From  information  we  have  since  received  we  believe  that  the 
description  we  have  given  of  the  non-perforation  of  some  of  the 
stamps  is  not  quite  correct,  but  that  some  sheets  are  imperforated 
and  some  are  perforated. 


Argentine  Republic. — We  annex  an  engraving  of  the  stamp 
described  in  our  last.  The  Timbre-Post e  says 
that  we  luckily  escaped  from  the  8  centavos 
being  transformed  into  5  centavos.  The  requisite 
authority  had  been  obtained,  when,  at  the  last 
moment,  some  of  the  old  stock  of  5  centavos, 
1867,  were  found,  and  sufficed  for  the  wants  of 
the  service  until  the  new  one  was  issued  on  the 
12th  March  last. 

Bhopal. — Der  Philatelist  reports  the  square  stamp  of  J  anna, 
black,  as  perforated  7J. 

I  anna,  black,  perforated  1\. 

Brazil. — The  Timbre-Poste  states  that  the  new  journal  stamps 
are  only  to  be  used  by  the  publishers  of  journals,  and  are  not  sold 
to  the  public.  The  uniformity  in  colour  of  the  entire  series  has 
already  given  rise  to  considerable  discontent,  and  it  is  probable 
that  the  next  edition  will  appear  in  varied  colours. 

Bulgaria. — We  have  received  from  Messrs.  Whitfield,  King, 
and  Co.,  a  specimen  of  the  5  stotinki  of  the  new  type.  The  lion 
is  within  a  small  oval  on  an  uncoloured  ground,  and  above  this, 
in  a  cartouche,  is  the  inscription  as  in  the  former  series.  Below 
the  oval,  in  an  upright  rectangle,  is  the  numeral  of  value  on  a 
solid  ground,  with  a  solid  tablet  underneath,  inscribed  "  Stotinki " 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVEKIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS.  83 

in  Eussian  characters.     The  impression  is  on  plain  white  wove 
paper,  and  the  perforation  is  13. 

According  to  the  III.  Br.  Zeitung,  the  Postal  Union  card  of 
10  stotinki  is  now  printed  in  carmine  on  white. 

Adhesive.       5  stotinki,  green  on  white  ;  new  type. 
Post  Card.     10        ,,       carmine  on  white. 

Cape  of  Good  Hope. — The  latest  specimens  of  the  One 
Penny  we  have  received  are  in  a  redder  tone  of  carmine  than 
before. 

Adhesive.     1  penny,  red-carmine  ;  wmk.  "Foul  Anchor,"  perf.  14. 

Congo. — Annexed  is  an  engraving  showing  the  design  of  the 
new   surcharge   on    the   stamps   of    5    francs. 
The  5  centimes  of   the  same  type  is  now  in 
circulation,  and  will  be  followed  by  the   10 
centimes. 

Adhesive. 


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We  learn  that  reply  cards  of   10+10  cen-    ^ 
times  and  15  +  15  centimes  corresponding  with    ?  |E 
the   recent   issues   of  single   cards   have   also    viri 
been  provided. 

Reply  Cards.     10  +  10  centimes,  brown  on  white. 
15  +  15         ,.         brown  on  green. 

Finland. — We  have  received  one  of  the  polyglot  cards  of  Fin- 
land, being  a  reply  card  of  10  +  10  penni,  headed  union  postale 
universelle,  and  with  inscriptions  in  Swedish,  Finnish,  Eussian, 
and  French.  The  card  is  hinged  at  the  top  along  a  line  of 
perforations,  and  printed  on  the  first  and  third  sides.  On  the 
first  part,  in  the  left  upper  angle,  are  the  arms  on  an  escutcheon 
in  black.  On  the  second  part,  this  place  is  occupied  by  a  small 
map,  after  the  similitude  of  the  Panama  map,  which  we  hear 
gave  the  idea  to  the  Postmaster-General,  Captain  Lagerborg,  to 
whom  the  recent  reforms  in  the  Post-office  at  Helsingfors  are  due. 
The  map  is  about  the  size  of  the  postage  stamp,  extending  over 
12  degrees  of  latitude  and  about  19  of  longitude.  Finland  is 
shaded  pink,  and  looks  something  like  a  quarter  of  beef  exposed 
at  a  butcher's  window.  No  doubt  the  map  is  very  useful,  though 
it  has  not  any  indications  upon  it,  save  a  few  strokes  for  rivers. 
The  card  is  lithographed  on  light  buff  in  the  government  establish- 
ment at  Helsingfors. 

Reply  Card.     10  +  10  penni,  pink  on  light  buff. 

Formosa. — The  stamps  of  20  cash,  which  we  announced  some 
months  past,  are,  according  to  a  letter  received  by  the  Timbre- 
Poste,  in  use  at  the  English  Consulate  in  Formosa.  We  were 
aware  that  the  stamps  had  been  manufactured  in  England  by  the 
orders  of  the  English  Consul,  and  our  description  was  taken  from 
one  of  them.  There  is  no  doubt,  therefore,  that  they  are  em- 
ployed by  the  Consulate  for  postage  purposes. 
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84  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND   RESUSCITATIONS. 

French  Colonies. — The  supply  of  postal  stationery  appears  to 
be  more  plentiful  than  was  expected.  A  contemporary  gives  the 
following  list  of  wrappers  : 

Wrappers.     1  centime,  black  on  buff. 

2  ,,        brown  on  buff. 

3  ,,        vermilion  on  buff. 

4  ,,        brown-violet  on  blue. 

5  ,,       green  on  buff. 

Gabon, — The  last  novelty  is  to  make  unpaid  letter  stamps 
serve  for  ordinary  postage  purposes.  The  5  centimes  has  been 
made  into  15  centimes  by  the  surcharge  in  black  of  " Gabon"  at 
the  top,  and  "15"  at  the  bottom,  while  "timbre"  is  impressed 
over  the  scrolJ.  In  the  same  way  the  20  c.  unpaid  letter  stamp 
has  been  made  into  a  postage  stamp  of  25  centimes. 

Aclhesives.     15  c.  on  5  c.  unpaid  letter  stamp,  surcharged  in  black. 
25  c.  on  20  c.         ,,  „  „  ,, 

Guadaloupe. — We  are  threatened  with  a  fresh  lot  of  surcharges. 
A  copy  of  the  decree  of  the  Governor  appears  in  the  Timbre-Poste, 
authorising  the  provisional  issue  of  stamps  of  10,  15,  and  25 
centimes,  to  be  made  from  the  stock  in  hand  of  20,  30,  and  40 
centimes,  by  printing  on  them  a  design  differing  somewhat  from 
the  last,  especially  in  that  the  legend  is  within  a  double-lined 
frame,  the  outer  line  being  wavy  and  the  inner  one  dotted. 

Indo-  China. — We  are  informed  that  the  mysterious  letters 
"  E.  D."  on  these  stamps  represent,  the  one  M.  Eichard,  Eesident- 
General  of  Indo-China ;  and  the  other  M.  Demars,  Director  of  the 
Posts  and  Telegraphs.  We  can  understand  engravers  putting  their 
initials  to  their  work ;  but  this  is  a  new  departure. 
We  shall  be  having  the  printers'  imprint  next. 


REUNION 


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POSIES 


Reunion, — The  stamp,  an  engraving  of  which 
is  annexed,  is  said  by  M.  Eoussin  to  be  an  unpaid 
letter  stamp.  It  has  a  slight  flavour  of  the  first 
stamps  for  this  island.  The  impression  is  in  black, 
on  plain  white  paper. 

5  centimes,  black  on  white. 

Gwalior. — The  Timbre-Poste  has  received  the  following  with 
the  arms  in  black  : 

Post  Cards.     \  anna,  red-brown  ;  arms  in  black. 

Envelope.     \    ,,      green  ,, 

Hungary.— We   have   the   2  kreuzer,    red-violet,    1881   (type 
1874),  perforated  11J. 

Adhesive.     2  kreuzer,  red- violet ;  perf.  \\\. 

Italy. — M.  Diena  reports  that  the  post  card  of  10  centimes, 
brown  on  white,  has  now  the  date  of  89. 

Post  Card.     10  cents,  brown  on  white  :  dated  89. 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 


85 


Jamaica. — The  One  Penny  and  Twopence  of  the  new  type 
have  appeared,  but  we  have  only  yet  seen  the  One  Penny.  The 
head  of  the  Queen  is  within  a  circular  band,  inscribed  postage 
and  revenue  ;  and  below  is  a  tablet  in  another  colour,  on  which  is 
the  value  "Id."  It  is  almost  needless  to  add  that  the  impression 
is  on  "  Crown  C  A  "  paper,  and  the  perforation  14. 

Adhesive.     1  penny,  purple  ;  tablet  in  carmine. 

Jhind. — By  a  letter  from  the  postmaster  of  Sangruz  we  learn 
that  all  the  native  stamps  have  been  suppressed. 

Mexico. — We  are  by  no  means  sure  that  the  following  post 
cards  of  2  centavos,  which  we  have  just  received,  are  novelties  to 
all  our  readers,  but  at  any  rate  we  have  not  previously  described 
them.  They  both  bear  the  eagle  of  the  type  of  1886.  One  of 
them,  which  for  a  marvel  appears  to  have  no  mistake  in  the 
printing,  has  the  word  "  sen  or  "  in  the  small  type  with  an  open 
"  s,"  and  the  type  of  "  union  postal  universal  "  and  its  French 
equivalent  is  of  2  mm. ;  in  the  other,  "  senor  "  is  large,  with 
a  closed  "s,"  the  type  of  "union,"  &c,  is  2£  mm.,  and  in  the 
French  instructions  the  word  "  exclusivement  "  has  a  final  "e." 
The  impression  is  on  rough  buff  card. 

We  have  also  a  card  of  3  centavos,  in  which  "union  postal 
universal"  and  its  French  equivalent  are  in  type  of  2  mm. 
"  senor  "  is  large,  with  closed  "  s,"  and  in  the  French  instructions 
"cote"  is  printed  "co  te\"  The  impression  is  on  similar  card  to 
those  above  described,  and  the  legends  and  the  eagle  in  front  are 
also  similar. 

Post  Cards.     2  centavos,  carmine-red  (shades)  on  buff  (2  varieties). 
3        ,,         vermilion-red  on  buff. 

Nabha. — The  1  rupee,  with  the  surcharge  in  black  in  two  lines, 

**  '     Adhesive.     1  rupee,  grey  ;  surcharged  in  black. 

New  South  Wales. — We  annex  an  engraving  of  the  centenary 
One  Shilling.  The  Five  Shillings  has  been 
received,  and  we  will  give  an  engraving  of  it 
in  our  next. 

Philippines. — The    2f   cmos.    value   seems 
always  to  be  wanting,  and  as 


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soon  as  one  lot  is  made  it  is 

taken    up    and    a   new    lot 

manufactured.  This  time, 
however,  they  have  fallen  back  on  a  stock  of  ^ 
the  2|-  cmos.  itself,  that  had  been  surcharged  q 
for  the  tobacco  consumers  with  habilitado  — 
recargo  de  consumos,  and  which,  by  a  decree  qJk 
of  the  Finance  Department  at  Manilla,  has  been  rehabilitated  for 
use  as  a  postage  stamp — postage  stamps  first  made  fiscal,  and  after- 
wards made  available  for  postage  purposes. 

Adhesive.     2f  c.  de  peso,  blue  ;  surcharged  in  black. 


86 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND   RESUSCITATIONS. 


Russia. — -The  promised  issue  is  an  accomplished  fact,  and  we 
have  before  us  specimens  of  the  10,  20,  and  50  kopecks,  and  the 
1  rouble.  The  10  kopecks  is  printed  in  one  colour,  the  others  are 
bicoloured  stamps,  and  in  the  copies  we  have  seen  the  register  is 
so  perfect  that  we  would  commend  them  to  Messrs.  De  La  Eue 
and  Co.  Not  that  we  have  much  to  complain  of  in  our  bicoloured 
stamps,  but  so  much  fuss  was  made  about  the  enormous  difficulties 
experienced  in  getting  them  as  good  as  they  are.  The  design  of  the 
10,  20,  and  50  kopecks  is  the  same,  and  that  of  the  1  rouble  may 
be  regarded  as  a  magnified  design  of  the  kopeck  values.  The 
stamps  are  in  shape  like  the  4  pence,  8  pence,  &c,  of  the  first 
Ceylon  issue,  and  the  rectangle  made  by  the  lines  of  perforation 
is  filled  in  with  a  diaper  pattern  of  the  colour  of  the  framework 
of  the  stamp.  We  hope  to  give  an  engraving  of  the  design  in 
our  next,  and  it  will  now  suffice  to  say  that  the  Eussian  eagle,  in 
an  upright  oval,  is  surrounded  by  a  horse-shoe-shaped  band, 
inscribed  in  Eussian  with  "  postage  stamp " ;  below  this  is  the 
numeral  of  value.  The  impression  is  on  white  laid  paper,  with 
undulations,  and  the  perforation  is  13. 

AdJiesives.     10  kopecks,  dark  blue. 

20       ,,         light  blue,  centre  and  numeral  carmine. 
50       ,,         brown-violet,  ., 

1  rouble,  brown, 


green, 
orange. 


Russian  Locals. — Bougoulma. — We  learn  from  the  Timbre- 
Poste  that  a  new  edition  of  the  stamp  of  2  kopecks,  issue  of  1884, 
has  appeared.  There  were  two  varieties  on  the  sheet  in  the  last ; 
a  third  is  added  now. 

Adhesive.     2  kopecks,  brown  on  white  ;  3  varieties. 

^K<S^^5C--^5))<X  Griazowetz. — A  stamp  of  a  new  type  was 
%  .  3EHCK0H  <s<|  issued  in  February  last.  There  are  four 
varieties  dependent  on  the  typographic  orna- 
ments and  the  inscriptions.  To  fill  up  the 
cup  of  happiness,  the  printer,  by  some  mistake, 
printed  it  in  three  colours. 


Adhesives.     2  kopecks,  black  on  white. 
2         „        blue  „ 

2         „        red-brown  ., 

Novgorod. — The  stamp  of  1888,  blue  on 
lilac,  has  been  reprinted  on  white  laid  paper, 
without  any  change  of  type. 

Adhesive.     5  kopecks,  blue  on  ivhite  laid. 

Oustsysolsk. — The    bear   of    1887    is    now 
within  an  upright  oval  band  in  place  of  a 
circle,    and   is   once    more   favoured   with   a 
tree.      The  stamp   is  lithographed  on   plain    p 
white  paper,  and  perforated  11£. 

Adhesive.     2  kopecks,  red. 


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NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 


87 


Schatz. — In  April  of  last  year  there  was  an 
issue,  followed  by  another  on  the  10th  June. 
We  now  chronicle  a  new  one,  which  dates  from 
the  12th  January  last.  The  impression  is  on 
plain  white  paper. 

Adhesive.     3  kopecks,  pink,  roulettcd  and  also 
imperforate. 

It  is  said  that  another  issue  in  black  on  pink  paper  is  on  the 
point  of  appearing,  if  it  has  not  already  appeared. 

Adhesive.     3  kopecks,  black  on  bright  pink,  rouletted  and  also  imperf. 
Zaclonsk. — The  stamps  of  January,   1888,  numeral  within  an 
oval,   abandoned  in  the  month  of  March  following,   have  been 
printed  in  other  colours,  and  perforated  11  J. 
Adhesives.     1  kopeck,    green. 
3  kopecks,  orange. 
5       ,,  indigo  blue. 

Shanghai. — In  consequence,  it  is  said,  of  these  stamps  having 
been  counterfeited  in  England,  a  new  series  has  been  ordered 
which  will  be  printed  on  watermarked  paper.  In  the  meanwhile 
Mr.  Campbell  sends  us  the  following  variety  of  surcharge  received 
by  him  direct.  The  100  cash,  yellow,  is  surcharged  in  black  with 
"  20  cash  "  and  the  equivalent  below  in  Chinese,  within  a  small 
double-lined  frame,  about  the  size  of  the  portion  of  the  stamp 
within  the  border.  This  is  again  surcharged  with  "  100  cash  "  in 
red  diagonally.  It  is  said  that  1500  only  have  been  so  doubly 
blessed. 

Adhesive.     100  cash,  yellow,  surcharged  in  black  and  red. 

Switzerland. — There  seems  to  be  some  muddle  on  our  part 
about  these  stamps,  arising  from  our  having  trusted  for  our  de- 
scriptions to  other  than  our  own  eyes.  The  new  issue  is  perforated 
9  J,  and  our  synopsis  ought  to  be  : 

Adhesives.     20  centimes,  orange,  perforated  9|. 
25         ,,         green  ,, 

50         ,,         blue  ,, 

Tasmania. — We  have  now  the  definitive  Halfpenny  identical 
in  type  with  the  One  Penny,  save  the  value.     The  impression  is 
on  white  paper,  watermarked  "tas,"  and  the  perforation  is  11  J. 
Adhesive.     Half  penny,  orange. 

Telegraphs. — Kashmir. — It  appears  from  information  received 
by  the  Timbre-Poste  that  the  series  of  telegraph  stamps  is  com- 
posed of  the  values  of  1,  2,  4  annas,  and  1,  2,  5,  10,  and  20 
rupees.     The  last  four  values  have  not  hitherto  been  chronicled. 

Turkey. — Mr.  Glavany  writes  us  from  Constantinople  that  the 
whole  of  the  values  of  the  actual  series  are  about  to  be  printed 
on  watermarked  paper,  and  that  the  colour  of  the  post  card  will 
for  the  future  be  white. 

United  States. — A  correspondent  informs  us  that  the  American 
Bank  Note  Co.  have  been  applied  to  by  the  Post-office  authorities 


88  NEW    FACTS    CONNECTED    WITH    THE    HISTORY    OF 

for  proofs  in  two  colours  of  the  existiDg  postage  stamps.     New 
men,  new  colours,  we  suppose. 

Western  Australia. — We  have  received  the  One  Penny  and 
the  Fourpence  of  the  current  type  (1861-64)  in  new  colours.     The 
impression  is  on  "Crown  C  A"  paper,  and  the  perforation  14. 
Adhesives.     1  penny,  pink ;  wmk.  "  Crown  C  A." 
4  pence,  red-brown  ,, 

Zululand. — A  correspondent  writing  from  Maritzburg  sends  us 
specimens  of  the  surcharges  on  the  Halfpenny  Natal  and  the  same 
value  for  Great  Britain.  According  to  his  statement  there  have 
been  two  issues  of  those  of  Natal — the  first  about  June,  1888,  and 
the  latter  in  January  last,  which  may  be  distinguished  one  from 
another  by  the  presence  or  absence  of  a  full  stop  after  the  sur- 
charge, which  measures  nearly  13  mm.  That  on  the  Halfpenny 
of  Great  Britain  is  in  heavier  type,  and  measures  16  mm.,  and 
was  affixed  in  England.  The  Timbre-Poste  announces  that  the 
current  1J  pence,  purple  and  green,  of  Great  Britain,  has  also 
been  surcharged. 
Adhesives.  f  penny,  Natal,  green,  surch.  in  black,  with  stop  at  the  end. 
i      ,,  ,,  „  „  without  stop. 

1J  pence,  Great  Britain,  purple  and  green,  surch.  in  black. 


SOME   NEW   FACTS   CONNECTED   WITH 

THE  HISTORY  OF  THE  POSTAGE  STAMPS  OF 
BRITISH   GUIANA, 

A  Paper  read  before  the  Philatelic  Society,  Loxdon,  May  3rd,  1889. 
By    E.   D.    BACON. 


I  believe  I  am  correct  in  saying  it  is  many  years  now  since  any  new 
particulars  or  information  relating  to  the  early  issues  of  the  stamps  of 
British  G-uiana  have  been  brought  to  the  notice  of  philatelists.  The  older 
stamps  of  this  colony  have  always  constituted  an  interesting  series  for 
collectors,  partly  owing  no  doubt  to  the  somewhat  meagre  knowledge  we 
possess  of  their  history,  but  perhaps  more  particularly  on  account  of  the 
great  rarity  and  value  of  many  of  the  varieties.  The  articles  I  have  found 
upon  these  stamps  in  the  English  philatelic  journals  are  those  printed  in 
The  Stamp  Collector's  Magazine — the  first  in  vol.  hi.  p.  99,  the  second 
in  vol.  v.  p.  101,  and  the  third  published  in  The  Philatelic  Record,  vol.  hi. 
p.  108 ;  all  three  articles  emanated  from  the  pen  of  our  President.  The 
earliest  paper  gives  a  carefully -compiled  list  of  the  various  issues,  with 
valuable  information  and  comments  upon  each  ;  the  second  is  a  supple- 
mentary paper,  adding  some  fresh  particulars  and  correcting  a  few  in- 
accuracies in  the  former  one  ;  and  the  third  is  an  exhaustive  paper  upon 
the  provisionals  of  1862.  Considering  the  year  (1865)  when  the  first  of 
these  papers  was  published,  and  how  few  of  the  early  stamps  there  were 
then  in  the  hands  of  collectors,  the  writer  is  much  to  be  congratulated 


THE    POSTAGE    STAMPS    OF   BRITISH    GUIANA. 


89 


upon  the  knowledge  he  displays  of  his  subject,  which  could  only  have  been 
acquired  after  long  and  persevering  study  of  the  stamps  themselves. 

The  fresh  particulars  concerning  the  history  of  these  stamps  I  am  able 
to  lay  before  you  this  evening  consist  mainly  of  Post  Office  notices  extracted 
from  The  Royal  Gazette  of  British  Guiana,  the  title  of  which,  after 
May  10th,  1851,  was  changed  to  The  Official  Gazette  of  British  Guiana, 
to  distinguish  it  from  the  newspaper  which  bore  the  same  name.  I  have 
been  fortunate  enough  to  come  across  a  file  of  The  Gazette,  which,  although 
not  by  any  means  a  complete  one,  yet  enables  me  to  give  some  particulars 
that  I  hope  may  prove  interesting  to  you.  For  the  other  fresh  information 
I  am  mostly  indebted  to  Mr.  E.  C.  Luard,  a  gentleman  residing  in  the 
colony,  with  whom  I  have  been  in  communication.  Mr.  Luard  possesses 
a  fine  collection  of  all  the  early  stamps,  and  has  taken  a  great  deal  of 
trouble  to  hunt  up  the  history  of  their  production  with  the  view  of  clearing 
up  the  various  points  that  still  require  elucidation. 

Issue  I.     July  1st,  1850. 

The  following  notice  appeared  in  The  Royal  Gazette  of  Saturday,  June 
15th,  1850 : 

NOTICE. 

The  Public  is  informed,  that  on  and  after  the  1st  Proximo,  Daily  Mails 
(Sundays  excepted)  will  be  made  up  at  the  Post  Office,  Georgetown,  at 
3  P.M.  for  the  following  Places,  to  be  forwarded  by  the  4  o'clock  Train  : — 


Name  of  Place. 

Receiving  Office. 

Bate  of  Postage. 

Piaisance 

Beterverwagting 

Buxton 

Mr.  J.  F.  Cuming's 
Mrs.  Van  Grovenstein's 
Mr.  J.  T.  Glover's 

4  Cents  per  oz. 

5  5                     55 
55                     55 

Return  Mails  will  be  made  up  daily  at  the  above  Places,  at  Half-past 
8  o'clock  A.M.,  to  be  forwarded  by  the  9  o'clock  Train. 

At  10  o'clock  A.M.  every  Week-day  there  will  be  a  delivery  of  Letters 
from  the  Post  Office  for  all  persons  residing  or  having  offices  in  Water-Street 
or  Main-Street. 


Every  Tuesday  and  Friday,  at  3  P.M.,  additional  Mails  will  be  made 
up  for : — 


Name  of  Place. 


Victoria 

Mahaica 

De  Kinderen 

Mahaicony 

Belladrum 

Fort  Wellington 

Ferry 

New-Amsterdam 


Receiving  Office. 


Mr.  E.  Glover's 
Mr.  J.  Smellie's 
Police  Station 

Ditto 

Ditto 

Ditto 

Ditto 

Ditto 


Rate  of  Postage. 


4  Cents  per  oz. 


12 


Return  Mails  will  be  made  up  in  New-Amsterdam  every  Monday  and 
Thursday  at  noon,  to  arrive  in  Georgetown  by  the  9  o'clock  Train,  in  time 
for  the  Town  delivery. 
125** 


90  NEW   FACTS    CONNECTED    WITH    THE    HISTORY    OF 

On  Tuesdays  and  Fridays,  at  4  P.M.,  Mails  will  be  made  up  for : 


Name  of  Place. 

Receiving  Office. 

Rate  of  Postage. 

*Pln.  Hague 

Police  Station 

4  Cents  per  oz. 

Boeraserie 

Messrs.  J .  &  C.  Harrison's 

>> 

Vergenoegen 

Police  Station 

5  J                     J> 

Leguan 

Ditto 

8     „ 

Wakenaam 

Ditto 

>  >          j> 

Spring  Garden 

Ditto 

12     „ 

Zorg 

Mr.  Tilbury's 

5»                     >  J 

William's  Town 

Police  Station 

>)                    >J 

Henrietta 

Ditto 

5  J                    >J 

*  Plantation. 

The  Return  Mail  for  Georgetown  and  the  intermediate  Places  will  leave 
Henrietta  every  Monday  and  Thursday  at  8  A.M. 

Newspapers  will  be  forwarded  free  of  charge. 

Prepayment  of  Letters  will  be  necessary  in  all  cases,  to  facilitate  which, 
Postage  Stamps  of  the  respective  values  of  4,  8,  and  12  Cents  are  being 
printed,  and  will  be  ready  for  Sale  on  or  before  the  24th  instant  at  the  Post 
Offices  in  Georgetown  and  New  Amsterdam,  and  at  the  different  Receiving 
Offices.  (Signed)  E.  T.  E.  Dalton,  d.p.m.g. 

Post  Office,  Georgetown,  15th  June,  1850. 

The  Royal  Gazette,  July  17th,  1850,  contains  this  supplementary  notice  : 

NOTICE. 
On  and  after  Friday,  the  19th  Instant,  the  Mails  for  Essequibo  will  be 
made  up  at  2  o'clock  p.m.,  instead  of  4  p.m.  as  at  present.     An  Extra  Bag 
will  also  be  made  up  for  Pin.  Edinburgh,  West  Coast.     Receiving  Officer, 
Mr.  J.  Williams.     Postage,  4  cents  per  ounce. 

(Signed)  E.  T.  E.  Dalton. 

Post  Office,  16th  July,  1850. 

From  the  above  notices  we  learn,  first,  the  date  of  issue  to  be  July  1st, 
1850 ;  and,  secondly,  the  rates  of  postage  paid  by  the  three  stamps  of 
4,  8,  and  12  cents.  Strange  to  say,  no  mention  is  made  of  a  2  cents  stamp, 
neither  is  there  any  postal  rate  of  that  value.  We  shall  also  find,  when  we 
come  to  the  "  Notice"  of  the  second  issue,  that  here  again  there  is  no  such 
value  or  rate.  It  would  seem  probable,  from  these  facts,  that  the  stamp 
was  printed  in  error,  or  possibly  in  anticipation  of  a  local  rate  of  2  cents  for 
Georgetown  and  New  Amsterdam,  which  for  some  reason  was  not  authorized 
at  this  period.  Mr.  Luard,  in  his  letter  to  me,  merely  says,  "  The  2  cents, 
rose,  stamp  prepaid  no  rate.  The  lowest  local  rate  at  the  time  was  4  cents." 
Such  being  the  case,  these  2  cents  stamps  must  have  been  sold  off  to  prepay 
the  higher  rates  of  postage,  and  consequently  could  not  have  been  used 
singly.  Mr.  Luard  tells  me  he  has  an  entire  envelope  with  two  unsevered 
copies,  which  have  thus  served  to  pay  the  postal  rate  of  4  cents  ;  while  the 
four  specimens  known  in  Europe  are  said  to  have  come  off  the  same  envelope, 
and  would  therefore  have  paid  a  rate  of  8  cents.  Mr.  Luard's  pair  are 
initialed  "  j.  b.  s.,"  and  the  postmark  is  "  Demerara,  Oct.  24th,  1851."  All 
the  copies  I  have  seen  bear  the  same  initials.  The  obliterations  on  these 
latter  are  indistinct;  but  parts  of  the  word  Demerara  and  the  date  of 
the  month  (October)  may  be  traced.  The  year  is  not  decipherable ;  no 
doubt  it  was  1851.     If  we  may  take  the  date  of  the  postmarks  as  a  guide, 


THE    POSTAGE   STAMPS    OF   BRITISH    GUIANA.  91 

the  2  cents  stamp  was  not  issued  until  more  than  a  year  after  the  other  three 
values.  It  is  possible  the  stamp  was  printed  with  the  first  lot  of  "  circulars," 
and  the  stock  not  sold  off  before  the  autumn  of  1851— perhaps  as  a  make- 
shift provisional,  pending  the  fresh  supply  of  some  of  the  other  values. 

Mr.  Phiibrick  says,  in  his  paper  published  in  the  Stamp  Collector's 
Magazine  (vol.  v.  p.  101),  that  the  stamps  of  this  issue  "were  struck  from  a 
die,  formed  of  ordinary  printer's  type,  set  up  in  a  small  frame,  bordered  by 
an  irregular  circular  line."  Were  it  not  for  this  statement,  I  should  have 
suggested  that  the  dies  were  engraved,  and  that  the  figure  of  value  Avas 
inserted,  like  the  date  plugs  to  a  postmark.  Be  this  as  it  may,  Mr.  Phiibrick 
is  certainly  wrong  as  regards  his  next  statement,  that  "  each  of  the  three 
values  was  set  up  separately;"  for,  after  comparing  the  stamps  together, 
there  can  be  no  doubt  whatever  that  the  same  dies  were  used  for  printing  all 
the  values,  the  numeral  in  the  centre  only  being  altered. 

One  type  occurs  much  more  frequently  in  my  experience  than  the  others, 
and  I  have  never  seen  but  this  one  for  the  2  cents.  The  only  hypothesis  I 
can  put  forward  to  account  for  this  is,  that  all  the  stamps  may  have  been 
printed  at  first  from  this  one  type,  and  that  afterwards,  when  larger  quantities 
were  required,  other  dies  were  set  up  with  this  original  one,  and  used 
together  for  printing  later  supplies.  We  know,  at  any  rate,  that  at  some 
time  during  the  period  of  their  use  the  latter  was  the  case,  as  unsevered 
pairs  of  the  12  cents  are  known  showing  two  distinct  varieties  of  type. 
Several  printings,  no  doubt,  took  place,  and  more  than  one  arrangement  of 
the  types  was  set  up ;  for  I  have  seen  two  pairs  of  the  12  cents,  the  left 
stamp  of  each  being  the  same  variety,  while  the  right-hand  ones  are  from 
different  types.  I  am  unable  this  evening  to  tell  you  the  number  of  stamps 
there  were  on  the  complete  sheet ;  but,  as  you  are  no  doubt  aware,  there 
were  as  many  varieties  as  there  were  stamps.  I  have  carefully  compared 
the  different  types  in  Mr.  Tapling's  and  the  MM.  Caillebotte's  collections, 
and  found  six  varieties ;  so  the  sheet  must  have  contained  at  least  this 
number  of  specimens.  I  have  written  to  my  correspondent  upon  this  point, 
and  hope  at  some  future  meeting  to  be  able  to  give  you  the  exact  number, 
and  possibly  the  arrangement  of  the  types.  Mr.  Luard  tells  me  these 
stamps  were  printed  by  Mr.  Henry  Mackay,  at  the  Demerara  and  Essequibo 
Gazette  office.  He  says  they  were  not  printed  so  as  to  be  easily  cut  square, 
as,  although  they  were  arranged  in  horizontal  rows  upon  the  sheet,  they  were 
not  placed  in  a  direct  line  vertically,  but  the  stamps  in  the  second  row  came 
beneath  the  spaces  between  those  of  the  first  row,  and  so  on.  The  horizontal 
rows  were  also  placed  very  close  together. 

This  shows  us  clearly  now  why  pairs  of  these  stamps  are  so  rare,  and  why 
a  vertical  pair  should  be  unknown.  It  also  accounts  for  the  stamps  being  so 
frequently  found  cut  round.  The  stamps,  before  being  sold,  were  initialed 
in  black,  red,  blue,  or  violet  ink,  or  occasionally  in  black  pencil,  by  hand,  to 
guard  against  fraud.  The  following  is  a  list  of  the  initials  that  are  met 
with  and  the  names  they  represent,  as  far  as  I  am  able  at  present  to  give 
them  : 

E.  T.  E.  D.  =  E.T.  E.  Dalton,  Deputy  Postmaster-General. 

E.  D.  W.      =  E.  D.  Wight,  Clerk  Colonial  Department  of  Post  Office. 

J.  B.  S.        =  J.  B.  Smith,  Clerk  Imperial  Department  of  Post  Office.    ■ 

W.  H.  L.     =  Unknown. 

H.  A.  B.  (or  K.  ?)  -  Unknown. 


92  NEW    FACTS    CONNECTED    WITH    THE    HISTORY    OF 

Copies  may  occasionally  be  found  without  any  initials.  These  were 
evidently  the  result  of  an  oversight.  The  stamps  of  this  and  all  the  following 
issues  down  to,  I  believe,  the  year  1560,  were  for  use  solely  for  inland 
postage,  and  were  not  available  for  foreign  letters.  As  we  shall  find  when 
we  come  to  the  "  Notice  "  of  the  second  issue,  these  stamps  were  in  use  until 
the  end  of  the  year  1851 ;  that  is,  for  just  a  year  and  a  half,  a  somewhat 
longer  period  than  has  hitherto  been  thought  probable. 

Mr.  Luard  says  :  "  Mr.  Wight  is  still  alive  and  living  in  the  colony,  but 
he  is  in  his  dotage,  and  either  cannot  or  will  not  remember  anything  about 
these  old  stamps  except  that  he  initialed  them.  He  has  been  so  pestered 
on  the  subject  that  the  mention  of  old  stamps  to  him  is  like  a  red  rag  to  a 
bull." 

Issue  II     January  1st,  1S52. 

The  Official  Gazette,  December  27th,  1851,  has  the  following  : 

NOTICE. 
Post  Office,  Colonial  Department, 

Demerara,  25tk  December,  1851. 
Puesuaxt  to  the  Resolution  of  the  Combined  Court,  the  following  Reduced 
Rates  of  Postage  will  be  charged  on  and  after  the  First  of  January,  1852,  on 
Letters  and  Newspapers  forwarded  by  the  Inland  Mail  to  all  parts  of  the 
Colony  : 

On  Letters  under  \  an  ounce,  4  cents. 
„         „       exceeding  \  an  ounce  and  under  1  ounce,  8  cents. 
„         „  „         1  ounce  and  under  2  ounces,  12  cents. 

„         „  „         2      ,,     and      ,,      3       ,,       16     ,, 

and  so  on,  4  cents  for  every  additional  ounce. 
Each  Newspaper  will  be  charged  1  Cent. 
Prepayments  by  stamps  necessary  both  for  Letters  and  Newspapers. 

(Signed)  E.  T.  E.  D  altos,  C.P. 

N.B. — Stamps  may  be  obtained  at  the  Post  Offices  in  Georgetown  and 
New  Amsterdam,  and  at  all  the  branch  offices. 

The  stamps  mentioned  in  the  above  are,  of  course,  the  large  upright 
rectangular  1  cent,  black  on  magenta,  and  4  cents,  black  on  blue,  designed  and 
manufactured  by  Messrs.  Waterlow  and  Sons,  of  London.  The  plate  used  for 
printing  each  value  was  produced  from  a  pair  of  stamps  separately  engraved, 
each  pair  being  duplicated  a  certain  number  of  times  to  form  the  plates.  We 
therefore  find  two  varieties  for  each  value,  differing  slightly  in  the  details  of 
the  design,  the  differences  being  chiefly  noticeable  in  the  drawing  of  the 
small  forts  in  the  background,  and  the  wavy  lines  representing  the  sea. 
Mr.  Luard  tells  me  that,  for  a  short  time  after  these  stamps  first  came  into 
use,  the  envelopes  or  newspapers  were  initialed  "e.  d.  w."  by  Mr.  Wight  in 
passing  through  the  post.  He  also  says  :  "  A  large  unused  stock  of  both 
values  existed  in  the  Government  Secretary's  office  in  the  Guiana  Public 
Buildings  up  to  1878.  In  that  year  the  late  Governor  of  the  Gold  Coast 
(Mr.  A.  G.  Young)  was  Government  Secretary  of  British  Guiana,  and 
annoyed  by  the  persistent  applications  he  received  from  Government 
clerks  and  others  for  these  stamps,  he  deliberately  had  them  all  burnt. 
Three  specimens  of  each  colour  were  handed  over  to  the  local  post  office 
previous  to  the  cremation,  and  these  ultimately  '  disappeared '  from  the 
post  office  collection.  Our  post  office  boast  a  stamp  collection,  but  has  none 
of  this  colony's  stamps  in  it !  It  consists  mainly  of  'specimen'  stamps  from 
the  post  offices  of  other  colonies,  &c. " 


THE    POSTAGE    STAMPS    OF    BRITISH    GUIANA.  93 

We  see  from  the  official  notice  of  this  issue  that  the  1  cent  stamp  was 
intended  to  prepay  newspapers,  which,  you  will  remember,  were  allowed 
to  pass  without  charge  at  the  time  the  "circular"  stamps  came  into  use, 
according  to  the  notice  then  published.  We  find  by  the  following  notice 
in  The  Official  Gazette,  April  3rd,  1852,  that  local  newspapers  were  once 
more  allowed  to  pass  free  for  a  short  time. 

NOTICE. 

Pursuant  to  the  Resolution  of  the  Combined  Court  of  the  17th  ult.,  Notice 
is  hereby  given  that,  pending  the  passing  of  the  Inter-colonial  Postage 
Ordinance,  Local  Newspapers,  posted  within  one  week  after  publication, 
will  be  forwarded  Free  of  Postage. 

(Signed)  E.  T.  E.  D  Alton,  C.P. 

Post  Office,  3rd  April,  1852. 

Issue  III.     1853. 

The  Gazette  contains  no  notice,  so  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  discover, 
of  the  date  of  issue  of  these  two  stamps.  This  is  no  doubt  accounted  for 
by  the  fact  that  the  values  of  the  stamps  and  the  postal  rates  were  un- 
changed. We  know,  from  the  date  on  the  stamps  and  from  the  obliterations 
of  certain  copies,  that  the  issue  took  place  in  this  year,  but  I  am  afraid 
we  shall  not  now  discover  the  exact  day  they  first  came  into  use.  The 
earliest  postmarked  specimen  I  have  seen  is  a  4  cents,  dated  November  29th, 
1853.  This  series,  like  the  last,  was  manufactured  by  Messrs.  Waterlow  and 
Sons.  I  am  inclined  to  think  from  the  appearance  of  the  stamps  that 
those  first  issued  were  printed  from  an  engraved  steel  plate,  and  that 
lithographic  transfers  were  afterwards  taken  from  this  and  used  for  pro- 
ducing later  supplies.  It  is  possible,  however,  that  all  the  stamps  were 
lithographed  and  reduplicated  from  a  single  steel  matrix.  Only  one  plate 
(with  the  exception  I  shall  mention  in  a  moment)  was  used  for  both  values, 
the  bottom  labels  containing  each  value  being  engraved  separately,  and 
inserted  according  to  the  value — 1  cent  or  4  cents — required  to  be  printed. 
The  possibility  of  different  transfers  having  been  made  would  probably 
account  for  all  the  minor  varieties  usually  catalogued  in  this  issue,  except 
of  course  the  variety  of  the  4  cents  with  the  "framed  figures."  There  can 
be  little  doubt  that  this  latter  stamp  was  lithographed,  and  that  it  is  the 
result  of  a  fresh  transfer  from  an  entirely  new  die.  If  we  may  draw  a 
conclusion  from  the  earliest  known  dates  of  postmarked  copies,  the  stamp 
was  not  issued  until  the  year  1860. 

Issue  IV.    Early  in  1856. 

These  stamps  were  issued  provisionally,  pending  the  arrival  of  a  fresh 
supply  from  England  of  the  stamps  of  the  preceding  issue.  Unfortunately 
the  January  to  July  volume  of  The  Gazette  for  1856  is  missing  from  the 
file  I  have  consulted,  so  I  am  unable  to  say  whether  any  notice  appears 
in  it  of  these  provisionals.  We  know,  however,  from  postmarked  specimens 
that  the  issue  took  place  early  in  the  year.  The  earliest  date  on  those 
in  Mr.  Tapling's  collection  is  March  25th,  1S56.  Mr.  Luard  informs  me 
these  stamps  were  printed  by  Joseph  Baum  and  William  Dallas  at  The 
Royal  Gazette  office.  The  little  ship  in  the  centre  is  the  same  as  that 
employed  for  heading  ordinary  shipping  advertisements  in  the  daily  papers. 
The  stamps  were  type-set,  and  there  are  as  many  varieties  as  there  were 


94  NEW    FACTS    CONNECTED    WITH    THE    HISTORY    OF 

stamps  to  the  sheet.  I  hope  at  some  future  time  to  tell  you  what  that 
number  was,  though  the  correct  arrangement  is  almost  too  much  to  hope 
for.  At  present  I  am  inclined  to  think  there  were  not  more  than  six,  and 
possibly  only  four.  These  stamps,  like  those  first  issued,  were  initialed  by 
the  Post-office  clerks.  Besides  some  of  the  initials  found  on  the  "  circulars," 
those  of  C.  A.  W.  are  sometimes  met  with.  Mr.  Luard  tells  me  they 
stand  for  the  name  of  a  letter  carrier — C.  A.  Watson. 

I  have  already  mentioned  that  the  stamps  of  all  the  early  issues  were 
only  used  to  prepay  Inland  letters.  Letters  to  England  were  forwarded, 
either  prepaid  by  coin  or  altogether  unpaid,  until  early  in  the  year  1858, 
when  the  following  "  Notice "  appeared  in  The  Gazette,  February  13th, 
making  it  compulsory  for  senders  to  pay  the  postage  in  advance. 

NOTICE. 

Post  Office,  Demerara,  11th  Feornary,  1858. 

On  and  after  the  First  of  April  next,  all  Letters  for  the  United  Kingdom 
must  be  paid  in  advance.  Letters  posted  unpaid  after  that  date  will  be 
returned  to  the  writers.  (Signed)  E.  T.  E.  Dalton,  d.P.M. 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  next  "Notice,"  extracted  from  The  Gazette, 
May  12th,  1858,  that  the  postage  on  the  above  letters  was  paid  by  Great 
Britain  stamps. 

NOTICE. 

Postage  Stamps  of  the  respective  values  of  6d.,  4d.,  and  Id.  having  been 
received  from  England  by  the  Steamer  that  arrived  on  the  9th  instant,  are 
for  Sale  at  the  Stationery  Establishments  of  Messrs.  Richardson  &  Co.  and 
Mr.  Short,  as  well  as  at  the  Post-0  thee. 

(Signed)  E.  T.  E.  Dalton,  d.p.m.g. 

Post  Office,  11th  May,  1858. 

Letters  posted  unpaid  were  not  returned  to  the  writers  according  to  the 
terms  of  the  notice  of  the  11th  February,  but  the  addresses  were  advertised 
in  The  Official  Gazette  from  time  to  time,  stating  the  letters  were  detained 
until  the  requisite  postage  was  paid.  I  am  unable  to  say  how  long  this 
arrangement  of  paying  postage  with  the  stamps  of  the  mother  country 
lasted.  It  certainly,  however,  did  not  extend  much  beyond  the  following 
year  1859,  as  we  find  the  British  Guiana  stamps  of  the  1S60  issue  on 
letters  sent  to  England  in  that  year. 

The  volumes  of  The  Gazette  for  1860,  and  from  June,  1861,  to  the  end 
of  the  year  1S70,  are  unfortunately  wanting  in  the  series  I  have  had  access 
to,  but  from  the  latter  date  to  the  present  day  the  file  is  complete.  The 
missing  volumes  are  much  to  be  regretted,  as  I  have  no  doubt  they  would 
have  furnished  us  with  some  interesting  facts  concerning  the  stamps  issued 
during  those  years.  I  much  regret  that  this  portion  of  my  paper  must  be 
left  incomplete,  but  I  have  written  to  my  correspondent,  Mr.  Luard,  and 
I  have  no  doubt,  from  his  previous  courtesy,  that  he  will  do  his  utmost  to 
ascertain  if  these  volumes  exist  in  the  colony.  If  such  be  the  case,  I  shall 
hope  that  either  he  or  I  will  be  able  to  supply  the  missing  links  on  some 
future  occasion. 

The  stamps  in  use  from  1860  down  to,  I  believe,  the  year  1875  were,  with 
the  exception  of  the  provisionals  of  1862,  printed  by  Messrs.  Waterlow  and 
Sons,  and  were  all  produced  by  lithography.  Since  1875  Messrs.  De  La 
Rue  and  Co.,  of  London,  have  held  the  contract  for  supplying  the  stamps 


THE    POSTAGE   STAMPS    OF   BRITISH    GUIANA.  95 

and  other  postal  stationery.  With  regard  to  the  three  provisionals,  issued 
in  October,  1862,  I  have  nothing  new  to  add.  The  excellent  paper  by 
Mr.  Philbrick,  which  he  read  before  the  Society  on  July  2nd,  1881,  which 
describes  every  variety  found  on  the  sheet  of  each  value,  leaves  little  or 
nothing  wanting  in  our  information  about  these  interesting  stamps. 

The  following  list  of  Government  appointments  is  taken  from  The 
Colonial  Office  Lists  for  the  various  years.  Mr.  E.  H.  G.  Dalton  succeeded 
Mr.  E.  T.  E.  Dalton  as  Colonial  Postmaster  in  1874.  The  former  became 
Registrar  and  Clerk  of  the  Supreme  Courts — Demerara  and  Essequibo — 
in  1876,  and  Mr.  N.  Darnell  Davis  was  appointed  Colonial  Postmaster  in 
1877.  The  latter  became  Comptroller  of  Customs  and  Rum  Duties,  and 
Registrar  of  Shipping  in  1882 ;  and  Mr.  F.  M.  Hodgson,  the  present 
Postmaster-General,  came  into  office  the  same  year. 

As  regards  the  volumes  of  The  Gazette  from  1871,  the  first  important 
notice  is  that  found  in  the  number  for  April  17th,  1878  : 

GENERAL  POST  OFFICE. 

Georgetown,  16th  April,  1878. 

I-Cent  and  2-Cents  Postage  Stamps. 

The  Attention  of  the  Public  is  hereby  called  to  the  following  temporary 
arrangement  which  has  been  made  for  a  supply  of  1-cent  and  2-cents 
Postage  Stamps. 

For  1-cent  Stamps. — The  Government  will  cause  6  cents  Stamps  to  be 
defaced  by  two  broad,  black  Lines  being  drawn  across  them,  and  then  such 
defaced  Stamps  will  be  issued  as  1-Cent  Stamps. 

Fop.  2-Cents  Stamps. — The  Government  will  cause  4  Cents  Stamps  to  be 
Cut  right  down  the  Centre,  and  then  each  Half  can  be  used  as  a  2  Cents 

StamP-  (Signed)  N.  Darnell  Davis, 

Colonial  Postmaster. 

The  6  cents,  brown,  stamp  mentioned  in  the  above  decree,  surcharged 
with  two  horizontal  bars,  must  have  been  in  use  for  a  very  short  time,  as 
obliterated  copies  are  very  rare.  In  fact,  I  cannot  at  the  present  moment 
call  to  mind  having  ever  seen  a  postmarked  specimen,  although  such,  no 
doubt,  are  to  be  met  with.  With  regard  to  the  provisional  2  cents,  I  believe 
the  intended  issue  never  took  place,  as  I  have  come  across  no  copy  of  the 
stamp,  nor  do  I  know  any  collector  who  has  ever  seen  one.  Perhaps  a  fresh 
supply  of  the  ordinary  2  cents  stamps  was  received  from  England  sooner 
than  was  expected,  and  the  issue  of  this  projected  provisional  thereby 
became  unnecessary. 

The  next  notice  is  taken  from  The  Gazette,  June  19th,  1878.  It  refers  to 
certain  reductions  made  in  some  of  the  rates  for  inland  postage,  and  reads 
as  follows  : 

GENERAL     POST     OFFICE. 
GEORGETOWN    DISTRICT. 

17th  June,  1878. 
Inland  Rates  of  Postage. 

The  Attention  of  the  Public  is  called  to  the  following  Resolution  of  the 
Combined  Court,  at  its  session  on  the  14th  June,  1878: 

Resolved. — "  That  the  postage  on  letters  posted  in  Georgetown,  for  delivery 
in  Georgetown,  and  posted  in  New  Amsterdam,  for  delivery  in  New 
Amsterdam,  shall  be  iixed  at  One  Cent  for  each  half  ounce  or  portion  of 
half  an  ounce. 


96  THE    POSTAGE    STAMPS    OF   BRITISH    GUIANA. 

"  That  the  postage  on  Books,  Pamphlets,  Packets  of  printed  matter,  or 
Packets  of  manuscript  matter  not  in  any  respect  partaking  of  the  nature  of 
a  letter,  sent  from  one  part  of  the  Colony  to  another  part  of  the  Colony, 
shall  be  fixed  at  One  Cent  for  any  weight  under  four  ounces,  and  Two  Cents 
for  every  additional  four  ounces,  or  portion  of  four  ounces. 

"  That  all  Letters,  Book  packets,  Pamphlets,  or  other  Official  Documents 
transmitted  either  to  or  from  the  Government  Secretary  shall  be  free  of 
Inland  Postage ;  and  the  Governor  and  Court  of  Policy  may  from  time  to 
time  authorize  the  transmission,  free  of  inland  Postage,  of  the  Correspondence 
on  public  business  of  any  Public  Department  or  Public  Officer. 

"All  inland  postage  shall  be  prepaid.  Letters  posted  without  any  pre- 
payment will  not  be  lorwarded." 

(Signed)  N.  Darnell  Davis, 

Colonial  Post  Master. 

The  two  next  notices  authorize  the  issue  of  fresh  provisional  stamps, 
which  were  required  towards  the  end  of  1878.  The  first  is  taken  from 
The  Gazette,  November  6th,  1878,  and  the  second  from  the  number  for 
November  23rd  of  the  same  year. 

BRITISH  GUIANA. 
GENERAL   POST   OFFICE. 

6th  November,  1878. 
Until  further  intimation  is  given,  the  Government  has  authorized  the  use 
of  6  cent  Postage  Stamps  in  lieu  of  1  cent  stamps.    The  Stamps  so  converted 
will  have  a  bar  drawn  across  the  value  and  another  bar  down  the  centre. 
(Signed)  E.  D.  Wight, 

Acting  C.P.M. 
NOTICE. 

Until  further  intimation  is  given,  Government  has  authorized  the  issue 
of  4  cent  Stamps  in  lieu  of  1  cent,  and  8  cent  Stamps  in  lieu  of  2  cent.  The 
Postage  Stamps  so  converted  will  be  defaced  by  a  line  drawn  across  the  value, 
and  another  down  the  centre. 

(Signed)  E.  D.  Wight, 

Georgetown,  23rd  Nov.,  1878.  ActS-  Colonial  Post  Master. 

Neither  of  these  "Notices"  specify  which  issue  of  stamps  were  to  be 
surcharged  ;  so  we  may  conclude  that  any  adhesives  in  stock  of  the  specified 
values  were  to  be  used  in  this  way.  With  regard  to  the  first  notice,  we 
know  both  the  6  cents,  blue,  of  Waterlow's  design,  and  the  6  cents,  brown, 
of  De  La  Rue's  were  so  defaced.  The  latter  stamp  is  also  found  with  the 
word  official  obliterated  with  an  extra  black  bar.  The  stamps  employed 
for  defacement,  in  accordance  with  the  second  notice,  are  the  8  cents  of 
Waterlow's  design,  and  the  4  cents  and  8  cents  of  De  La  Rue's.  All  three 
stamps  bear  the  word  official.  In  the  two  former  it  is  obliterated  with  a 
black  bar,  but  the  latter  variety  has  the  word  unobliterated.  There  is 
nothing  in  the  surcharge  of  the  two  8  cents  whereby  their  new  value  of 
2  cents  could  be  told,  were  it  not  for  The  Gazette  notice. 

Besides  the  above  stamps,  the  1  cent,  black,  of  Waterlow's  design,  and  the 
1  cent  and  2  cents  of  De  La  Rue's,  surcharged  official,  were  issued  to  the 
public  at  the  same  time,  with  this  word  obliterated  with  a  black  bar. 
( To  be  continued. ) 


ON    CERTAIN    ISSUES    OF    THE    TRANSVAAL.  97 


ON  CERTAIN  ISSUES  OF  THE  TRANSVAAL 

By  FRED.  JEPPE,  late  Postmaster-General  of  tJie  Transvaal. 


In  a  paper  read  before  the  Philatelic  Society  of  London  by  Major  E. 
B.  Evans,  r.a.,  published  in  the  Philatelic  Record  for  January,  1885, 
No.  72,  which  only  now  has  come  under  my  notice,  through  the  courtesy  of 
Mr.  Tamsen,  of  Tweefontein,  the  history  is  given  of  the  1869  envelopes,  as 
furnished  by  me  to  Mr.  Tamsen  in  August,  1884.  If  I  had  known  that  the 
issue — I  may  say  private  issue— of  these  envelopes  to  a  friend  in  an 
unguarded  moment  would  cause  such  a  stir  in  the  Philatelic  world,  and 
would  serve  as  a  peg  for  all  sorts  of  insinuations  against  my  character, 
private  and  official,  I  would  long  ago  have  found  means  to  write  in  the 
philatelic  journals  regarding  these  envelopes,  and  in  order  to  vindicate 
my  character. 

The  history  of  the  1869  envelopes  is  accurately  given  by  Mr.  Tamsen,  as 
quoted  by  Major  Evans  in  his  paper.  With  regard  to  the  footnote  on 
page  241,  I  must  draw  attention  to  the  words  used  in  my  communication  to 
Mr.  Tamsen,  that  "as  far  as  I  can  remember"  the  forty-nine  envelopes 
forwarded  to  Dudley  Atlee  were  the  only  ones  supplied  by  me.  It  is  difficult 
to  remember  things  that  happened  nineteen  years  ago  ;  but  I  was  not  at  all 
surprised  to  find,  according  to  the  footnote  referred  to,  that  some  parties 
present  at  the  meeting  also  claimed  to  have  received  these  envelopes  from 
me  on  payment  of  their  nominal  value.  But  whether  I  received  payment 
for  these  envelopes  or  not  has  nothing  at  all  to  do  with  the  question  at 
issue ;  namely,  whether  these  envelopes  were  supplied  by  me  as  an  official 
issue.  I  have  already  stated  how  I  came  to  furnish  them  to  Mr.  Atlee,  and 
if  any  were  supplied  by  me  to  other  parties,  these  people  were  quite  aware 
of  the  fact  that  the  envelopes  were  not  official.  I  took  good  care  to  inform 
them  of  the  fact,  and  I  fail  to  see  how  under  these  circumstances  so 
much  fuss  can  be  made  about  the  matter,  and  so  much  blame  be  attached  to 
my  name,  particularly  as  my  successors  in  office  make  no  secret  of  it  that 
they  sold  large  numbers  of  these  envelopes.  From  1871,  when  I  left 
Potchefstroom,  to  1875,  when  I  resigned  as  Postmaster-General,  there  were 
half  a  dozen  postmasters  at  Potchefstroom,  who  have  all  no  doubt  supplied 
these  envelopes.  The  present  Postmaster-G-eneral,  who  was  also  postmaster 
of  Potchefstroom  formerly,  who  supplied  twelve  varieties  of  these  envelopes 
to  Mr.  Tamsen,  told  me  candidly  that  he  supplied  a  good  many  of  these 
envelopes  to  Mr.  Lincoln  and  other  dealers  on  payment. 

I  reiterate,  these  envelopes  were  not  issued  or  supplied  as  official,  there 
was  no  doubtfulness  about  them,  and  they  could  only  be  used  in  collections 
as  curiosities. 

Some  time  ago  I  sent  some  envelopes  with  ^d.  stamps  affixed  to  the 
postmaster  in  Vryheid  (New  Republic,  Zululand,  now  forming  part  of  the 
Transvaal),  and  asked  him  to  obliterate  these  stamps  with  his  office  stamp 
and  write  the  date  within  the  circle.  The  postmaster  complied  with  my 
wish  and  returned  the  envelopes  to  me  (sample  enclosed).  I  then  forwarded 
these  envelopes  to  a  friend  of  mine,  a  stamp  collector,  living  at  Madeira, 
who  received  them  as  a  curiosity,  being  well  aware  how  they  were  obtained, 
and  that  they  had  no  claim  to  be  considered  as  an  official  issue. 

I  see  no  harm  in  this,  and  I  saw  no  harm  in  the  envelopes  supplied 
to  Mr.  Atlee  in  1869,  but  a  mountain  may  be  made  out  of  every  molehill. 
There  are  a  few  more  points  in  Major  Evans's  paper  I  wish  to  touch  upon. 

There  were  no  stamps  of  the  first  series  of  Id.,  6d.,  and  Is.  first  issue, 


98  ON    CERTAIN    ISSUES    OF   THE    TRANSVAAL. 

printed  in  Germany,  issued  in  this  country.  As  far  as  I  1  em  ember,  the 
proof  sheets  made  by  the  engraver  in  Germany  of  the  three  different  plates 
were  distributed  among  some  dealers,  who  applied  for  stamps  long  before 
they  were  issued  here.  I  do  not  know  the  nature  of  the  statement  made  by 
Mr.  Atlee  in  1870,  referred  to  in  Major  Evans's  paper,  but  it  is  not  unlikely 
that  some  of  the  sheets  that  accompanied  the  first  plates  were  supplied 
to  dealers  in  Europe. 

The  3d.,  violet,  issued  in  1871,  and  6d.,  blue,  issued  in  1874,  both  with  the 
improved  eagle,  were  the  only  issues  officially  sanctioned  in  Germany.  I  do 
not  know  whether  Major  Evans  refers  to  these  as  German  impressions.  The 
stamps  sold  wholesale  fraudulently,  and  without  the  sanction  of  the  local 
Government,  by  the  engraver  of  the  plates,  "  Adolph  Otto  in  Gustrow, 
Mecklenburg  Schwerin,"  known  in  the  trade  as  Mecklenburg  stamps,  must 
not  be  confounded  with  the  above-mentioned  two  impressions.  I  may 
remark  here  en  passant  that  to  prevent  the  importation  of  these  frauds — 
printed  from  the  original  or  duplicate  plates,  and  sold  at  half-price  by  some 
European  dealers,  in  all  colours  of  the  rainbow — the  local  Postmaster- 
General  has  issued  a  notice  on  the  17th  October,  1888,  calling  in  all  the 
stamps  issued  before  1st  April,  1885,  before  the  7th  of  November,  1888,  up 
to  which  date  all  the  former  issues  could  be  exchanged  for  the  present  series. 
The  period  for  exchanging  the  former  for  the  new  stamps  was  made  so 
short  to  prevent  any  of  the  above-mentioned  frauds  being  imported  and 
exchanged  for  genuine  stamps. 

With  regard  to  the  date  of  the  6d.,  Queen's  head,  surcharged  Id.,  in  red, 
I  find  on  reference  to  the  books  of  the  Treasurer  that  they  were  issued 
at  various  dates  previous  to  June  10th,  1879  (see  list  attached).  I  was 
uncertain  about  the  date  at  the  time,  and  therefore  inserted  the  (?). 

In  reply  to  Major  Evans's  remarks  about  the  printing  of  the  stamps,  I 
may  mention  here,  that  except  the  first  series — Id.,  6d.,  and  Is.,  printed  at 
Pretoria  ;  the  3d.  and  6d.,  printed  in  Germany  ;  and  the  Id.  and  6d.,  printed 
in  Natal— all  issues  were  printed  in  Potchefstroom  up  to  the  time  I  left  the 
post-office  in  April,  1875.  From  this  time  the  stamps  were  printed  in 
Pretoria  again  up  to  the  time  of  the  new  (present)  issue,  printed  in  Holland, 
with  the  exception  of  those  issued  during  the  British  Government  with  the 
Queen's  head. 

The  stamps  printed  in  Natal — Id.,  red,  and  6d.,  blue— are  given  as  a 
distinct  issue,  as  they  were  printed  in  Natal.  The  colour  was  different 
in  shade  from  the  Potchefstroom  and  Pretoria  issues,  and  the  perforation 
was  by  machine.    The  paper  also  was  different  from  the  other  issues. 

In  my  letter  to  Mr.  Tamsen  I  forgot  to  mention  about  the  various 
coloured  papers  on  which  the  3d.  surcharged  stamps  were  printed,  but  have 
rectified  the  omission  in  the  list  of  issues  at  the  foot  of  this  communication. 
As  I  said  before,  my  connection  with  the  post-office  ceased  in  1875,  but 
I  naturally  continued  to  take  great  interest  in  the  postal  department, 
and  watched  every  new  issue.  I  entered  the  service  of  the  British  Govern- 
ment in  1878,  and,  as  compiler  of  the  Blue  Book,  all  the  head  officials, 
including  the  Postmaster-General,  had  to  furnish  me  with  statistics  belonging 
to  their  departments.  I  was  thus  kept  au  fait  in  all  postal  matters,  until 
the  retrocession  of  the  country  to  the  Boers  in  1881  put  an  end  to  my 
official  career. 

If  I  have  succeeded  in  clearing  up  some  of  the  doubts  lingering  in  the 
minds  of  philatelists  connected  with  the  stamps  of  this  country  I  shall  be 
much  pleased ;  and  I  need  not  say  that  I  shall  at  all  times  be  ready  to 
give  information  on  any  point  that  may  not  be  sufficiently  ventilated. 

If,  at  the  same  time,  I  have  succeeded  in  contradicting  the  accusations 
of  some  Continental  writers,  and  refuted  some  of  the  reproaches — implied, 
if  not  expressed — made  by  Major  Evans  in  his  paper  referred  to,  I  shall 
be  still  more  gratified. 

I  append  a  corrected  list  of  the  dates  of  issue,  to  which  I  have  attached 
samples  of  those  issues  still  in  my  possession,  or  obtained  for  the  purpose  of 
illustration. 


ON    CERTAIN    ISSUES    OF    THE    TRANSVAAL.  99 


LIST  OF  TKA^SVAAL  POSTAGE  STAMPS. 

FIRST  ISSUE  OF  REPUBLIC. 
1870.     May  1st. 
Id.,  brick-red  ;  6d.,  blue  ;  Is.,  green.   Rouletted  and  unrouletted.    Printed 
in  Pretoria. 

September  28th. 
Id.,  black.     Rouletted.     Unknown  to  me.     Printed  in  Potchefstroom. 

1871.     June  30th. 
3d.,  violet,  with  improved  eagle.     Printed  in  German}*.     Rouletted  only.. 

Envelopes. 
1872.     February  13th. 
6d.,  blue.     Printed  in  Natal,  from  original  die  (2000). 

December  25th. 
3d.,  pale  violet,   on  greenish  paper,  with  improved  eagle.     Unrouletted. 
Printed  in  Potchefstroom. 

Envelopes. 
1873.     December  2nd,  30th. 
6d.,  blue.     Printed  in  Natal,  from  original  die  of  3d.  improved  eagle  type, 
with  3d.  altered  into  6d.,  and  Drie  into  Tres  (5000). 

(These  are  the  only  official  envelopes  ever  issued  in  the  Republic.) 

1874.     September. 
Id.,  red  ;  6d.,  blue.     Printed  in  Natal.     Machine  perforated. 

September  30th. 
6d.,  blue,  with  improved  eagle.     Printed  in  Germany.     Rouletted. 

PROVISIONAL  ISSUE  OF  THE  BRITISH  GOVERNMENT. 

1877.     April  and  May. 
All  values  with  "  V.R.  Transvaal "  surcharged  in  black  and  red  type  in 
different  letters.     Machine  perforated  and  imperforate. 

FIRST  ISSUE  OF  THE  BRITISH  GOVERNMENT. 

1878.     September  1st. 
Id.,  brown -red ;  4d.,  pale  greenish -yellow,  with  head  of  Queen. 

SECOND  ISSUE. 
December  3rd. 
3d.,  reddish-violet;  6d.,  black;  Is.,  blue-green;  2s.,  dark  blue. 

PROVISIONAL  ISSUE. 

1879.     April  22nd,  25th,  28th;  May  6th. 
6d.,  black.     Queen's  head  surcharged  Id.  in  red  letters. 

THIRD  ISSUE. 
1880.     October  12th. 
^d.,  brick-red.     Queen's  head.     (This  value  is  very  scarce,  as  a  limited 
quantity  was  printed  only. ) 

1881. 
After  the  retrocession  of  the  country  all  the  old  issues  came  again  in  use, 
but  those  of  the  interregnum  remained  in  circulation  according  to  the  terms 
of  the  convention. 


100  ON    CERTAIN    ISSUES    OF   THE   TRANSVAAL. 

PROVISIONAL  ISSUE  OF  REPUBLIC. 

1882.     August  Uth. 
4d.,  pale  greenish-yellow.     Queen's  head,  surcharged  Een  Penny  in  black 
and  red  type.     Machine  perforated. 

1883.     March  1st. 
3d.  of  the  first  issue,  black  on  pink  paper,  with  improved  eagle.     Machine 
perforated. 

April  16th. 
Id.  of  the  first  issue,  black.     Machine  perforated. 

August  1st. 
Is.  of  the  first  issue,  green.     Machine  perforated. 

September  25th. 
3d.  of  the  first  issue,  pink  on  white  paper.     Machine  perforated. 

SECOND  ISSUE  OF  THE  REPUBLIC. 
1885.     March  Uth. 
New  issue,  with  new  coat  of  arms,  and  numerals  in  corners.     Made  by 
Ensgeden,  at  Haarlem.     Machine  perforated. 

Id.,  red;  3d.,  violet;  Is.,  green;  2s.  6d.,  orange;  5s.,  slate;  10s.,  light 
brown. 

April  1st. 
Jd.,  slate  ;  4d.,  black  ;  6d.,  blue. 

PROVISIONAL  ISSUES. 
May  22nd. 
3d.  of  the  first  issue,  pink,  surcharged  Halve  Penny  in  black  letters,  with 
a  line  on  each  side.     Machine  perforated. 

August  31st. 

Is.  of  the  first  issue,  green,  surcharged  Halve  Penny  in  black  letters,  with 
line  on  each  side.     Machine  perforated. 

6d.  Black.  Queen's  head,  surcharged  Twee  Penny  in  red  letters  and  red 
line  on  each  side.     Machine  perforated. 

6d.  Black.  Queen's  head  {misprint),  surcharged  Halve  Penny,  z.a.r.,  in 
red  letters,  with  line  on  each  side.* 

PROVISIONAL  ISSUES. 
1885.     September  29th. 
3d.  of  the  first  issue,  lilac,  surcharged  Halve  Penny,  in  black,  with  line  on 
each  side.     Machine  perforated. 

1885.     October  30th. 
2d.  of  the  second  issue,  chocolate.     Machine  perforated. 

November  3rd. 
Id.     Post  Cards,  with  Id.,  red,  and  the  words,  ilBriefkaart,  Zuid  Afrik 
RepublieJc,"  on  yellow  paper. 

PROVISIONAL  ISSUE. 
1887.     January  15th. 
3d.  of  the  second  issue,  lilac,  surcharged  2d.,  in  black  letters  of  different 
type,  with  a  double  line  through  the  lower  half  of  the  stamp.     Machine 
perforated. 

April  22nd. 
2d.     Second  Issue.     Greenish-yellow.     Machine  perforated. 

*  Hereby  hangs  a  tale.  When  the  6d.,  Queen's  head,  had  to  be  surcharged  2d.,  the 
printers,  who  had  formerly  used  the  words  Halve  Penny  for  the  surcharge  of  another  issue, 
overlooked,  in  the  hurry,  to  alter  all  the  rows,  but  left  some  standing  with  Halve  Penny. 
In  consequence  of  this  the  sheets  were  printed  off  with  the  greater  portion  surcharged 
Twee  Penny,  and  the  rest  surcharged  Halve  Penny.  The  postmaster  never  noticed  the 
omission,  and  before  the  mistake  was  discovered  a  great  number  of  sheets  had  been  sold  as 
2d.  stamps  already.    These  -J-d.  must  therefore  be  considered  as  misprints. 


EXHIBITION    OF    STAMPS    IN    NEW    YORK.  101 

EXHIBITION  OF  STAMPS  IN  NEW  YORK. 

By    E.    B.    EVANS. 


Happening  to  pass  through  New  York  in  the  early  part  of  March,  I  had  an 
opportunity  of  visiting  the  exhibition  of  stamps  on  view  at  the  Eden  Musee 
there  during  that  month,  and  I  think  a  description  of  it  may  be  of  some 
interest  to  the  readers  of  the  Philatelic  Record. 

The  exhibition  was  got  up  by  the  three  Philatelic  Societies  of  the  neigh- 
bourhood—the Brooklyn,  the  New  York  "  National,"  and  the  Staten  Island, 
and  was  arranged  upon  a  novel  principle,  the  object  being  not  simply  to  get 
together  a  number  of  rarities,  but  rather  to  show  as  complete  a  collection  as 
the  limited  space  available,  and  the  circumstances  of  the  case,  would  admit. 

The  collection  being  in  frames  under  glass,  varieties  of  watermark  could 
not  have  been  distinguished,  and,  except  in  a  few  instances,  no  attempt  was 
made  to  exhibit  all  the  minor  varieties  of  die,  shade,  and  perforation,  a 
complete  collection  of  which  would  have  required  several  times  the  amount 
of  room  allotted  in  the  Musee.  With  such  exceptions,  the  collection  was  a 
fairly  complete  one,  containing  almost  everything  that  the  Early  English, 
or  Pendragonite,  School  would  have  required. 

The  intention  I  believe  was,  that  each  member  of  the  three  societies 
should  exhibit  the  stamps  in  which  his  collection  was  strongest,  borrowing 
from  his  friends  where  necessary  to  fill  vacant  spaces ;  but,  as  Avas  only  to 
be  expected,  a  few  well-known  names  were  attached  to  a  large  majority  of  the 
cases,  though  some  of  the  less  numerous  exhibits  were  not  the  least  valuable. 

With  but  few  exceptions  the  stamps  were  arranged  on  the  movable  sheets 
of  the  Staten  Island  Permanent  Album,  about  which  I  would  venture  to 
remark  that  the  sheets  are  very  nice  indeed,  but  that  it  is  hardly  correct  to 
term  this  "  the  only  Permanent  Album  in  existence,"  because  albums  with 
movable  leaves  have  been  in  existence  for  many  years ;  and  further,  that  the 
system  of  attaching  the  leaves  to  the  cover  by  strings  does  not  answer. 
I  tried  it  myself  some  sixteen  years  ago.  The  strings  give,  the  leaves  work 
loose,  and  rub  one  against  the  other,  to  the  serious  detriment  of  the  stamps ; 
small  rigid  bolts,  or  pins,  with  screw-nuts,  are  the  only  safe  means  of 
attachment. 

Let  me  now  mention  some  of  the  principal  exhibits,  taking  them  in  the 
order  in  which  they  appear  in  the  catalogue.  First,  naturally,  come  the 
United  States  issues,  occupying  fourteen  sheets,  and  commencing  with  the 
local  post-office  stamps  which  preceded  the  regular  Government  emissions ; 
among  these  were  noticeable  a  specimen  of  the  New  Haven  envelope  stamp, 
said  to  be  unique,  and  one  of  the  20  c,  St.  Louis,  of  which  it  is  stated  that 
"  only  four  specimens  are  now  known  to  exist."  It  is  not  stated,  however, 
that  there  are  many  persons  who  are  of  opinion  that  that  number  is  four 
more  than  were  ever  printed  !  Besides  these  there  were  Baltimore  5  c. 
adhesive  and  envelope,  a  Brattleboro,  the  six  types  of  the  St.  Louis  5  c.  and 
10  c,  and  an  entire  sheet  of  Providence. 

The  ordinary  issues  were  well  represented,  and  among  them  was  a  square 
block  of  four  24  c.  of  1869,  used,  all  with  the  centres  inverted,  seeming  to 
show  that  at  least  one  sheet  was  printed  in  that  condition.  The  last  five  of 
the  fourteen  sheets  were  filled  with  United  States  private  locals,  including 
most  of  the  rarities. 

An  additional  large  frame  contained  entire  specimens  of  many  of  the  rarest 
United  States  envelopes  ;  not  a  complete  collection  of  sizes,  shapes,  &c,  but 
showing  almost  all  the  varieties  of  die,  and  many  of  those  of  paper.  Another 
large  frame  was  occupied  by  a  selected  assortment  of  some  of  the  most 
valuable  and  interesting  of  the  United  States  Revenue  stamps,  of  various 
classes. 

Following  the  United  States  were  three  sheets  of  Confederates,  containing 
most  of  the  rarer  locals,  among  them  a  New  Orleans  5  c,  red  on  blue,  said 


102  EXHIBITION    OF    STA5IPS    IX    XEW    YORK. 

to  be  unique,  and  many  fine  shades  of  the  Government  issues  ;  and  after 
these  were  placed  the  stamps  of  other  countries,  in  alphabetical  order. 

Of  these  I  noticed  fine  collections  of  British  Guiana,  lacking  only  a  few 
of  the  greatest  rarities ;  Canada,  including  a  fair  copy  of  the  12d. ;  Cape  of 
Good  Hope,  with  the  two  "  wood-block  "  errors  :  and  ten  very  fine  sheets  of 
Ceylon  (perhaps  the  gem  of  the  exhibition),  including  practically  every 
variety  of  shade,  perforation,  and  watermark  ;  429  specimens.* 

About  the  issues  of  Ecuador  the  catalogue  tells  us  something  new : 
"Issued  under  the  equator  in  1865,  which  fact  is  shown  on  the  stamps.'"' 
But  I  could  not  find  the  date  1S65  on  any  of  the  specimens  shown  ! 

A  very  complete  collection  of  the  French  colonial  stamps  included  a  pair 
of  Reunions,  cut  rather  close,  but  still  not  to  be  despised ;  and  with  these 
may  well  be  coupled  the  four  stamps  first  issued  in  the  Sandwich  Islands,  of 
which  specimens  (valued  by  their  owner  at  over  £400)  were  exhibited. 
Among  the  Indians  I  noticed  a  copy  of  the  J  anna,  red,  of  1S54,  but 
unfortunately  it  was  not  of  the  type  that  is  generally  received  as  genuine  ; 
there  was,  however,  a  fine  specimen  of  the  rare  error  of  the  4  anna  of  the 
same  issue,  with  the  head  inverted.  The  "  Protected  States,"  as  they  were 
termed,  were  not  quite  as  well  represented,  and  among  them  was  generously 
included  Afghanistan,  which  does  not  form  a  part  of  ;i  The  British  Empire 
in  India."  or  elsewhere  ;  the  stamp  of  Scinde  also,  which  is  alluded  to  in 
the  Catalogue,  but  was  not  exhibited,  was  not  a  native  issue,  but  rather  a 
forerunner  of  the  regular  emission  of  1554. 

The  ''Post  Office"  pair  of  Mauritius  were,  perhaps  naturally,  conspicuous 
by  their  absence  :  the  twelve  types  of  the  Id.  and  2d.  of  1548  were  shown  ; 
one  specimen  of  the  rare  2d.  of  1559  ;  and,  if  I  recollect  rightly,  but  one  of 
the  commoner  2d.  issued  in  the  same  year.  A  magenta  Britannia  overprinted 
eightpexce  bore  a  different  type  of  surcharge  frorn  that  on  the  only  two 
specimens  I  have  ever  seen,  the  obliteration  also  indicated  that  the  stamp 
was  one  of  those  issued  as  Id.  in  1S62  ;  personally,  however,  I  have  no  faith 
in  the  Sd.  stamp  anyhow  ! 

There  was  a  fine  collection  of  Mexican,  including  a  number  of  Guadala- 
jaras  ;  also  specimens  of  the  provisional  issues  of  Campeche  and  Chiapas  ; 
a  complete  set  of  New  Brunswick,  among  them  an  apparently  original 
"  Connell,"  about  which  an  equally  original  story  is  related  in  the  catalogue, 
the  only  difference  being,  that  whereas  the  stamp  is  probably  genuine,  the 
storv  is  probably  fictitious.  Newfoundland,  New  South  Wales,  Xew 
Zealand,  and  Noya  Scotia,  were  well  represented,  but  call  for  no  special 
remark.  Seven-well  filled  pages  constituted  the  show  of  Peruvians,  which 
was  followed  by  a  very  good  set  of  Philippines.  The  Rouniania  series 
included  fine  specimens  of  the  four  values  of  the  Moldavian  issue  ;  the 
Spanish  issues  were,  I  think,  complete,  with  the  exception  of  some  of  the 
surcharged  varieties  of  1869  :  and  there  was  a  very  fine  show  of  Swiss, 
including  the  five  types  each  of  the  4r.  and  6r.  Zurich,  complete  sets  of 
the  other  Cantonal'stamps,  and  some  reconstructed  sheets  of  the  earlier 
Federal  issues.  A  large  number  of  varieties  of  the  surcharged  Turks 
Islands  were  shown,  the  sets  of  Tuscany  and  Two  Sicilies  were  complete, 
and  a  fine  collection  of  the  issues  of  the  Republic  of  Colombia  and  of  its 
various  component  States,  which  had  been  shown  at  Boston  last  year,  was 
again  exhibited  here.  Four  pages  contained  a  fine  lot  of  Victorias,  in  which 
afl  the  principal  facial  varieties  were  represented  ;  but  the  watermarks,  for 
which  that  Colony  is  so  famous,  were  naturally  not  visible. 

In  conclusion,  I  think  that  the  exhibition  reflected  great  credit  upon  all 
concerned  in  getting  it  up  ;  and  although  the  collection  formed  was  not  on 
the  whole  very  instructive  to  advanced  collectors,  it  was  probably  more 
interesting  and  attractive  to  outsiders  and  to  those  collectors  who  perhaps 
stand  in  need  of  instruction  and  encouragement,  than  it  would  have  been  if 
it  had  been  more  elaborate  and  had  occupied  a  vast  amount  of  space  with 
minor  varieties,  incomprehensible  to  the  uninitiated. 

This  "eries  seems  to  have  been  admitted  to  show  how  stamps  should  be  collected,  as 
there  was  no  intention  that  all  countries  should  be  represented  in  a  similarly  complete 


CORRESPONDENCE.  103 


BRITISH  GUIANA. 

To  the  Editor  of  "  The  Philatelic  Record." 

Dear  Sir, — Kindly  grant  me  space  to  beg  for  some  authoritative  infor- 
mation regarding  the  early  issues  of  this  Colony. 

1.  Have  any  articles  of  value  appeared,  treating  of  these  stamps,  other 
than  the  following  ? 

Collectionneur  de  Timbres-Poste,  I.,  28  December,  1864.  "Des  Tim- 
bres de  la  Guyane-Anglaise.';    By  M.  Herpin. 

Stamp  Collector's  Magazine,  III.,  99,  July,  1865.  "The  Postage 
Stamps  of  British  Guiana."    By  Mr.  Philbrick. 

Ibid.,  V.,  101,  July,  1867.    Ibid.,  "  Supplementary  Paper." 

Ibid.,  IX.,  29,  February,  1871.  "Notes  and  Commentaries  on  Recent 
Discussions."    By  Mr.  Pemberton. 

Timbre-Poste,  III.,  77,  October,  1865.  "Revue  des  Timbres  de  la 
Guyane-Anglaise." 

Ibid.,  X.,  3,  January,  1872.     "  Les  Guyanes,  1860." 

Magasin  Pittoresque,  XXXIV.,  340?  367,  October  and  November,  1866. 
"  Les  Timbres-Poste  de  tous  les  Etats  du  Globe  :  Guyane-Anglaise." 
By  M.  Rondot. 

Philatelic  Record,  III.,  108,  July,  1881.  "On  the  Provisional  Series 
of  1862  for  British  Guiana."    By  Mr.  Philbrick. 

Timchri:  Being  the  Journal  of  the  Royal  Agricultural  and  Com- 
mercial Society  of  British  Guiana,  I.,  251,  1882.  "Valuable  Curi- 
osities from  the  British  Guiana  Post  Office."    By  Mr.  E.  C.  Luard. 

2.  What  are  the  recognised  members  of  the  1850  circular,  and  of  the  1856 
provisonal  issues  1 

Dr.  Gray's  Catalogue,  sixth  edition,  1875,  and  Mr.  Pemberton's  Handbook, 
first  edition,  1874,  mention  only — 

1850.    4  c,  yellow  ;  8c,  green  ;  12c,  blue. 
1S56.    4  c,  magenta,  indigo. 
Thus  they  had  been  described  a  decade  before  by  Mr.  Philbrick. 
But  in  the  second  edition  of  Mr.  Pemberton's  Handbook,  1878,  appear  the 
following  "  Resuscitations."   (When  and  in  what  circumstances  resuscitated  ?) 
1850.    2  c ,  pink ;  4c,  primrose  on  tissue  paper. 
1856.    4  c,  yellow  on  faced  paper  ;  4  c,  indigo,  coloured  throughout. 
In  Captain  Evans'  Catalogue  for  Collectors,  1882,  we  have  also— 
1856.     1  c.j  yellow-magenta. 
4  c,  red-brown. 
But  a  note  adds  :  "The  1  c  and  4c,  yellow,  should  both  be  marked  (?) ; 
they  may  have  existed,  but  no  specimens,  I  believe,  are  known."    They  are 
so  marked  in  the  Catalogue  of  the  French  Society  {Bulletin,  III.,  34,  April, 
1883) ;  but  what  can  be  the  meaning  of  the  assertion  quoted  l\    How  have 
the  varieties  in  question  come  to  be  chronicled,  if  no  specimens  are  known  ? 
Mr.  Luard,  who  writes  on  the  spot,  and  should  know  what  he  is  speaking 
about,  gives  the  following  list,  annexing  the  current  value,  in  the  Colony,  of 


used  specimens. 

£ 

1850.     Two  cents,  pink 

30 

Four  cents,  chrome-yellow 

15 

Four  cents,  primrose,  on  tissue  paper 

25 

Eight  cents,  green 

10 

Twelve  cents,  indigo 

7 

Twelve  cents,  clear  blue 

5 

104  PHILATELIC    SOCIETY    OF   LONDON. 

£ 

1S56.     Four  cents,  inagenta,  surface  coloured       6 

„  deep  blue  „  4 

Four  cents,  yellow  „  20 

indigo  „  8 

3.  Is  there  any  satisfactory  evidence  to  prove  that  the  circular  stamps 
preceded  the  "  Patinius "  rectangles  ?  See  remarks  in  Mr.  Pemberton's 
Handbook,  second  edition,  page  28. 

4.  What  is  the  explanation  of  the  extraordinary  rise  in  the  value  of  the 
square  1862  provisionals  ?  In  Stafford  Smith  and  Smith's  Descriptive 
Catalogue,  fourth  edition,  October,  1864,  the  1  c,  rose,  2  c,  yellow,  and  4  c, 
blue,  are  quoted  at  2d.  each  used,  and  I  recollect  obtaining  genuine  specimens 
for  that  amount.  In  four  years  they  had  hardly  risen  in  value.  In  Young 
and  Stockall's  Descriptive  Price  List  for  August,  1868,  the  prices  are 
respectively  4d.  6d.  9d.  Now,  so  far  as  I  can  judge  from  such  price  lists 
as  have  lately  come  my  way,  the  stamps  are  not  to  be  had  at  any  price. 

I  am,  yours  faithfully, 

P.  J.  Anderson. 

The  New  Spaldixg  Cixb,  Aberdeen,  April  17th,  1SS9. 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON, 


COMMITTEE  FOR  THE  YEAR  1888-89. 

President — F.  A.  Philbrick,  Q.C. 

Vice-President— T.  K.  Tapling,  M.P. 

Secretary — D.  Garth. 
Assistant-Secretary — J.  A.  Tilleard. 
Treasurer  and  Librarian — C.  X.  Biggs. 
Dr.  C.  W.  Viner.  E.  D.  Bacon. 

M.  P.  Castle.  A.  W.  Chambers. 

The  twelfth  meeting  of  the  season  was  held  at  the  Salisbury  Hotel  on 
Friday,  the  29th  March,  1889,  at  7.30  p.m.,  and  was  attended  by  twenty-one 
members,  including  the  Vice-President  in  the  chair.  The  minutes  of  the 
last  meeting  were  read  and  confirmed,  and  after  the  correspondence  (which 
included  a  notice  of  a  forthcoming  exhibition  under  the  auspices  of  the 
vYurternburg  Philatelic  Society)  had  been  read,  Mr.  Alexander  Comyns, 
proposed  by  Mr.  Henderson,  and  seconded  by  the  Secretary,  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Society.  The  most  interesting  feature  of  the  business  of  the 
evening  was  the  presentation  of  a  testimonial  to  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon  on  his 
retirement  from  office  as  Honorary  Secretary  of  the  Society.  The  testimonial 
took  the  form  of  a  handsome  silver  tea  tray,  and  the  Vice-President  in 
making  the  presentation  referred  in  fitting  terms  to  the  valuable  services 
rendered  by  Mr.  Bacon  to  Philately  in  general  and  the  Society  in  particular. 
Upon  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  M.  P.  Castle  that  some  steps  should  be  taken 
by  the  Society  to  celebrate  in  a  suitable  manner  the  "  Jubilee  "  of  Postage 
Stamps  in  1890,  a  lengthy  discussion  took  place,  several  projects  being  sub- 
mitted for  consideration,  and  it  was  ultimately  resolved  that  the  Committee 
should  consider  and  report  as  to  the  form  and  details  of  the  proposed  celebra- 
tion. The  business  of  the  evening  concluded  with  the  revision  of  the 
Society's  Reference  List  of  the  Stamps  of  Grenada. 


Stanley,  Gibbons  &  Co.,  8,  Gower  Street,  London,  W.C. 


§n^  $Wfat$j[  D^anti 


Vol.  XI.  JUNE,   1889.  No.  126. 


jEALING  in  stamps  seems  to  have  lately  taken  a 
departure  in  a  new  direction.  During  the  last  few 
months  there  have  been  constant  sales  of  stamps  by- 
auction,  which,  so  long  as  they  are  confined  to  the 
disposal  by  collectors  of  surplus  specimens  and  dupli- 
cates, we  thoroughly  approve  of.  Collectors  are  very 
frequently  placed  at  a  disadvantage  in  their  commercial  dealings, 
especially  when  they  have  to  do  with  a  multiplicity  of  small 
dealers;  and  though  we  hear  a  good  deal  about  "exchanges" 
between  collectors,  yet  they  are  generally  unsatisfactory;  for  in  the 
whole  course  of  our  own  collecting  we  do  not  remember  to  have 
made  more  than  one  which  was  thoroughly  satisfactory  to  both 
parties.  For  collectors  the  auction  is  a  ready  mode  of  clearing  out 
what  they  do  not  require. 

The  first  of  the  late  sales  by  auction  was  started  with  this 
laudable  view,  and  also  with  the  object  of  endeavouring  to 
establish  a  market  value  for  many  of  the  rarer  stamps,  which 
only  nominally  appear  in  the  price  lists  of  the  dealers.  We  doubt 
very  much  whether  the  auctions  will  do  much  towards  establishing 
any  uniformity  in  prices.  Even  in  ordinary  obsolete  stamps  the 
prices  of  the  dealers  vary  considerably,  depending  frequently  on 
the  amount  of  stock  in  hand ;  but  in  sales  by  auction  there  are 
other  forces  to  be  taken  into  consideration.  If  a  dealer  bids,  he 
does  so  either  because  he  knows  of  a  customer  who  wants  the 
article,  or  he  desires  to  purchase  it  at  a  price  which  will  allow  of 
his  selling  it  again  at  a  profit.  The  collector  bids  because  he 
wants  the  article  for  his  collection ;  but  should  another  collector 
equally  want  it,  and  Greek  meets  Greek,  then  comes  the  tug  of 
war,  in  which  all  question  of  uniformity  in  price  is  lost  sight  of, 
and  it  becomes  a  duel  of  dollars. 

You  may  sell  Queen  Anne's  farthings  and  sixpences  by  auction 
as  quietly  as  you  will;    but  the  sale  of  such  things  as  postage 


106  THE    PHILATELIC   RECORD, 

stamps  has  afforded  some  food  for  the  newspapers,  and  an  unusual 
amount  of  twaddle  has  accordingly  been  written.  Even  the 
staid  Standard  indulged  in  a  rechaufee  of  an  article  that  appeared 
in  another  morning  paper  some  months  ago,  with  the  addition  of 
a  few  more  wondrous  stories,  solemnly  stated  as  facts,  but  which 
had  no  more  solid  foundation  than  the  writer's  imagination.  Last 
month  we  had  an  article  in  that  friend  of  our  youth  Chambers's 
Journal  on  the  same  subject ;  and,  considering  that  it  is  now  in 
its  sixty-eighth  year,  it  ought  to  have  known  better  than  to 
indulge  in  fiction  at  the  expense  of  facts.  A  comparison  is  drawn 
between  the  prices  at  Messrs.  Scott's  sale  in  1872,  which  was 
chiefly  an  auction  of  American  locals,  and  those  realised  at  a  late 
auction.  Thus  we  are  told  that  in  the  1872  sale  "Lots  15,  16, 
17,  and  18,  eight  stamps  of  St.  Louis,  being  every  known  variety, 
all  very  rare,  brought  £19  12s.,  and  would  now  be  worth  consider- 
ably more  than  .£100."  Now  Lots  15  and  16  were  composed  of  the 
three  varieties  of  the  5  and  of  the  10  cents,  and  were  bought  in  for 
£5  ;  and  Lots  17  and  18,  two  stamps  of  20  cents,  far  too  unique  to 
be  believed  in,  were  also  bought  in  at  £14  12s.  As  to  the  estimated 
price  of  £100,  we  should  like  to  know  who  values  them  at  this ; 
for  we  burnt  our  fingers  over  them  at  a  far  less  price.  "Lot  147. 
Mexico,  1867,  on  thin  paper,  set  of  four  stamps,  £1  9s.  These 
would  now  be  worth  only  4s."  Our  publishers  would,  we  are 
sure,  be  happy  to  take  as  many  sets  as  they  could  get  at  £1  9s. 
We  will  only  mention  one  more.  "Lot  159.  Sandwich  Isles, 
first  issue,  13  cents,  very  fine  specimen,  £6  10s.  Now  worth 
about  £65."  This  was  the  commoner  type  of  the  two  13  cents 
stamps,  and  at  the  sale  the  owner  boldly  put  it  up  at  £6,  and  it 
was  bought  in  by  an  additional  bid  of  10s.  We  wonder  who  is 
Messrs.  Chambers's  valuer. 

But  the  fact  remains,  that  rare  stamps  have  decidedly  advanced 
in  price  with  rapid  strides  since  1872.  The  number  of  serious 
collectors  has  vastly  increased,  and  many  stamps  are  passing  into 
the  lofty  region  of  the  "  unattainables,"  until,  by  the  breaking  up 
of  some  collection,  the  pleasure  of  possessing  them  is  submitted 
to  the  competition  of  other  collectors.  And,  as  regards  stamps 
less  rare,  it  must  be  borne  in  mind  that  there  are  many  collectors 
now,  who  principally  devote  their  attention  to  stamps  of  certain 
countries,  to  the  almost  entire  exclusion  of  those  of  others.  These 
collectors  desire  to  have  every  variety  of  the  stamps  of  the 
countries  they  select,  in  order  that  their  collection  may  be  remark- 
able for  its  richness  in  some  special  branch.  The  appearance  of  a 
treatise  on  some  particular  stamps  is  frequently  the  signal  for  a  run 
upon  them.  Thus  the  appearance  of  the  treatise  on  the  English 
stamps  caused  an  enormous  rise  in  their  prices,  and  the  late  work 
of  the  Society  on  the  Australian  stamps  has  had  a  similar  effect. 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND   RESUSCITATIONS.  107 

— «♦ — 

Argentine  Republic. — A  new  edition  of  the  type  of  the  \ 
centavo  stamp,  1882,  appeared  in  March  last  on  a  wrapper.  The 
Timbre-Poste,  in  making  this  announcement,  does  not  appear  to 
think  that  the  new  edition  is  an  improved  one,  nor  that  the  last 
idea  of  the  sun  shows  much  advance  in  delineation.  The  principal 
points  in  which  the  present  type  differs  from  its  predecessor  is 
that  the  branches  on  the  sides  have  grown  somewhat  longer ;  the 
post-horn  is  not  suspended  from  the  envelope;  the  sun  occupies 
the  whole  length  of  the  envelope,  and  shows  two  eyes  over  the 
top  with  huge  eyebrows ;  two  lines  cross  the  envelope  diagonally, 
and  the  u  in  republica  has  an  accent  over  it.  The  impression  is 
in  brown  on  yellowish-manilla  paper. 

Wrapper.     \  centavo,  brown  ;  new  type. 

British  Guiana. — In  January  last  we  extracted  from  the 
Timbre-Poste  the  description  of  a  new  fiscal  stamp  of  72  cents, 
which  had  been  used  postally.  It  appears  that  a  Stamp  Ordinance 
came  into  force  in  October,  1888,  making  it  necessary  to  employ 
stamps  for  receipts,  bills,  &c,  and  the  Government  decided  to 
order  a  temporary  issue  which  would  serve  for  revenue  and  postal 
purposes  combined.  As  the  die  of  the  postage  stamp  was  the 
only  available  one,  the  Crown  agents  instead  of  sending  out 
stamps  of  different  colours  sent  out  a  large  stock  all  of  the 
same  colour  (De  La  Eue  purple),  but  surcharged  with  different 
values— 1,  2,  4,  6,  8,  12,  24,  48,  and  72  cents.  The  Postmaster- 
General  has  represented  to  the  Government  the  great  inconvenience 
of  dealing  with  so  many  values  of  the  same  colour,  and  this  pro- 
visional state  of  things  will  doubtless  be  put  an  end  to  as  soon  as 
possible ;  but  in  the  meanwhile,  as  the  old  stock  is  worked  out, 
these  stamps  are  brought  into  use.  The  2  cents  has  lately  made 
its  appearance,  and  has  already  attracted  the  attention  of  the 
ingenious,  if  we  may  credit  the  B.  G.  Argosy  of  the  25th  May 
last,  who  see  an  easy  way  of  putting  "  7  "  before  the  "  2."  The 
impression  is  on  St  C  A  paper,  and  the  perforation  1 4. 

Adhesives.    1  cent,  purple  (post,  and  rev. ),  surcharged  in  black. 
2  cents  „ 

4 

6  ,, 

S  „ 

12  „ 

24  „ 

48  „ 

British  North  Borneo. — Stamp  matters  have  been  very  quiet 

lately,  but  we  have  now  no  fewer  than  four  post  cards  to  chronicle, 

for  which  we  are  indebted  to  a  gentleman  who  has  just  received 

them  from  a  friend  at  Sandakan.     All  the  cards  are  the  same  size, 

126* 


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137  x  90  mm.,  and  have  an  ornamental  border  with  an  ornament 
in  each  angle  of  the  two  smaller  values,  and  the  numeral  of 
value  in  the  two  of  higher  value.  In  the  1  and  3  cents  there  is  in 
the  right  upper  angle,  within  the  frame,  a  stamp  of  the  type  of 
the  postage  stamps  of  1886,  and  in  the  left  upper  angle  the  arms 
and  supporters  within  a  circular  band,  inscribed  in  the  upper  part 
"government  of  British  north  Borneo,"  and  in  the  lower  are 
native  characters.  Between  the  arms  and  the  stamp  is  "post 
card  "  in  a  curve,  with  a  native  inscription  above,  and  underneath, 
the  usual  instructions,  the  address,  &c,  in  English.  To  the  left 
is  "To,"  followed  by  four  lines  for  the  address.  Down  the  right 
side  is  an  inscription  in  Japanese  in  two  columns. 

In  the  6  and  8  cents  the  stamp  in  the  right  upper  angle  is  of 
large  size,  31  £  x  26  mm.,  and  shows  the  numeral  of  value,  un- 
coloured,  on  a  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  within  an  upright  oval 
band,  inscribed  in  the  upper  part,  "north  Borneo,"  with 
"British"  in  a  cartouche  above,  and  in  the  lower  part  "postage," 
below  which  is  the  numeral  of  value  in  a  small  shield,  which  is 
also  repeated  in  the  two  upper  angles  of  the  stamp.  On  each 
side  of  the  shield  at  the  foot  is  "  cents."  The  arms  are  in  the  left 
upper  angle,  and  under  them  an  inscription  in  the  native  language. 
Between  the  arms  and  the  stamp  is  "  British — north  Borneo  "  in 
two  lines,  "post  card  on  a  straight  tablet,  with  the  instructions 
underneath,  followed  by  "To"  in  the  centre,  and  four  lines  for 
the  address.  The  Japanese  inscription  on  the  side  is  the  same 
in  all  the  cards,  though  smaller  in  size  in  those  of  the  two  higher 
values.     The  entire  design  is  lithographed  on  thick  white  card. 

Post  Cards.     1  cent,  ochre,  for  local  use. 

3  cents,  purple-brown,  for  Eastern  countries. 
6      „      blue,  for  Europe. 
8      „      green,  for  America. 

Ceylon. — We  annex  an  engraving  of  the 
latest  emanation  from  this  hotbed  of  stupid 
surcharges  mentioned  in  our  number  for  April 
last.  For  our  own  part  we  are  sick  to 
death  of  recording  these  Cingalese  shifts. 
What  must  be  the  feelings  of  those  who 
collect  them? 

Colombia. — Annexed  is  an  en- 
graving of  a  new  stamp  for  regis- 
tered letters.  The  engraving  is  so 
good  a  representation  of  the  stamp 
that  we  may  be  spared  further  de- 
scription, except  that  it  is  printed 
on  plain  white  paper,  and  per- 
forated (?).  Our  contemporary  the  Timbre-Poste,  from  which  we 
take  the  announcement,  omits  to  inform  us  what,  and  so  we 
wander  in  the  dark. 

Registration  Stamp.     10  centavos,  red. 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS.  109 

-Bogota. — We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  Campbell  for  sending  us  a 
sheet  of  stamps  of  \  centavo,  being  a  local  issue  for  Bogota,  and 
used  for  newspapers,  while  the  ordinary  current  stamps  serve  for 
letters.  The  stamp  shows  an  eagle  displayed  on  a  shield,  within  a 
scrolled  frame.  Eound  the  upper  part  is  the  inscription  correo 
urbano  de  Bogota,  and  below,  in  a  horizontal  line,  medio  centavo, 
with  a  line  underneath,  having  a  fancy  ornament  in  the  middle. 
There  is  no  outer  rectangular  framing,  but  there  is  a  very  fine  line 
along  the  line  of  perforation,  which  is  13£.  The  impression  is  in 
black  on  plain  white  wove  paper. 

Adhesive.     \  centavo,  black  ;  perforated  13§. 

Congo. — The  Timbre-Poste  publishes  a  copy  of  the  order  of 
the  Ministry  of  Foreign  Affairs  in  Bruxelles,  dated  the  1st  March 
last,  relative  to  the  issue  of  the  adhesive  stamp  of  25  centimes, 
and  the  post  cards  recently  described  with  the  corresponding  reply 
cards,  to  the  following  effect : 

"There  has  been  issued — 

11 1.  A  stamp  of  25  c.  in  blue. 

"  2.  A  single  card  of  15  c.  in  red  on  yellow  straw  colour  for  the 
international  service. 

"  3.  A  single  card  of  10  c.  in  black  on  pale  grey  (very  pale,  for 
it  looks  like  white). 

"  4.  A  card,  reply  paid,  of  25  c.  in  black  on  pale  green  for  the 
international  service. 

"5.  A  card,  reply  paid,  of  15  c.  in  brown  on  pale  grey. 

"The  single  card  of  10  c,  and  that  with  reply  paid  of  15  c,  are 
for  the  service  of  the  interior,  and  that  of  the  adjoining  countries 
from  Libreville  on  the  North  to  Mossamedes  on  the  South." 

Up  to  the  present  time  there  has  been  no  instance  of  a  differential 
rate  for  reply  cards ;  and  having  been  informed  that  reply  cards 
had  been  issued,  we  assumed  last  month  that  the  ordinary  rule  had 
been  adopted  in  the  case  of  Congo.  It  appears,  however,  that  a 
reduction  of  5  centimes  is  in  both  cases  made  in  the  reply.  Our 
announcement  of  last  month  must  therefore  be  annulled,  and  the 
following  substituted  for  it : 

Reply  Cards.     10  +  5,  brown  on  white. 

15  +  10,  black  on  pale  green. 

When  our  worthy  contemporary  adds  that  the  reply  is  dearer 
for  the  service  of  the  interior,  and  cheaper  for  the  foreign  service, 
we  confess  we  do  not  see  it. 

Dominica. — We  received  by  the  last  West  Indian  mail  a  letter 
franked  with  stamps  to  the  amount  of  fourpence,  one  of  which 
was  the  One  Penny  in  lilac,  overprinted  in  block  type  with 
"revenue,"  while  another  was  a  current  One  Penny,  carmine, 
also  overprinted  with  "  Revenue,"  but  in  small  thick  type.  Re- 
garding this  latter  stamp  our  correspondent  informs  us  that  in 
August  last,  pending  the  arrival  from  England  of  a  fresh  supply 
of  the  One  Penny,  lilac,  the  Treasurer  of  the  island  ordered  six 
sheets    of    the    One    Penny,    carmine,    to    be    overprinted    with 


110  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 

"Bevenue."      About    one-fourth    of    these    stamps    were    used 
postally.  and  most  of  the  remainder  for  receipts,  &c,  before  the 
supply  of  lilac  arrived. 
Adhesives.     1  penny,  carmine,  overprinted  uj  used  postally. 

1       „       lilac  ..  „ 

Fernando  Po. — From  Messrs.  Whitfield,  King,  and  Co.  we 
receive  the  10  c.  de  peso  of  the  current  type — head  of  the  late 
King  Alfonso  XIL  to  the  right. 

Adhesive.     10  c.  de  peso,  brown  ;  perforated  14. 

French  Colonies. — Galon. — We  annex  an 
illustration  of  the  beautiful  production  of  this 
French  colony  described  in  our  last. 

Reunion. — It    appears    that    there    are    four 
values   of  the   unpaid   letter   stamp    chronicled 
last  month,  all  of  the  same  type. 
Unpaid  Letter  Stamps.     5,  10.  20.  30  centimes,  black  on  white. 

Great  Britain. — "We  lately  saw  a  registration  envelope  of  the 
current  type,  size  G,  with  an  embossed  envelope  stamp  of  four- 
pence,  dated  28  .  2 .  69,  struck  on  the  flap  in  vermilion.  Upon 
inquiry  we  find  that  a  supply  of  registration  envelopes  for  British 
Eechuanaland  has  been  stamped  with  this  stamp  with  a  cartouche 
above,  inscribed  with  the  name,  and  that  by  accident  the  cartouche 
was  omitted  in  three  or  four  instances,  and  has  thus  made  a 
curious  error,  which  we  are  somewhat  puzzled  to  class,  as  it  is 
not  really  an  error  in  the  stamp  of  Great  Britain,  but  in  that 
intended  for  British  Bechuanaland. 

Reg.  Envelope.     4  pence,  vermilion,  inscription  in  bine,  size  G  error). 

Liberia. — The  Timbre-Poste  has  seen  the  8  cents,  1882,  printed 

in  ultramarine,  and  perforated  1-i,  which  came  direct  from  the 
post-office.  As  it  differs  in  several  details  from  the  known  type, 
it  would  seem  probable  that  the  post-office  has  made  an  imitation 
of  the  former  type. 

Luxemburg. — The  2  centimes  is  now  brown-bistre. 
Adhesive.     2  centimes,  brown-bistre. 

Madagascar. — The  Timbre-Poste  has  received  from  M.  de  St. 
Saud  a  specimen  of  the  40  centimes,  vermilion  on  yellow,  sur- 
charged in  black  with  ,;  25  "  in  large  numerals,  and  postmarked 
"Tamatave  27  Mars  1889."  As  there  is  only  a  French  office  for 
distribution  at  Tamatave,  the  stamp  was  in  all  probability  not 
surcharged  there. 

Adhesive.     25  c.  on  40  c,  vermilion  on  yellow,  surcharged  in  black. 

Natal. — The  last  .-tamps  of  One  Penny  received  by  us  are  in 
maroon,  a  brown  shade  of  carmine. 

Adhesive.     1  penny,  maroon  :  wmk.  SB  C  A.  perforated  14. 


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New  South  Wales. — Annexed  is  an  illustration  of  the  new 
stamp  of  Five  Shillings,  in  which  "A 
Hundred  Years "  seems  to  have  been 
relegated  to  the  sea,  if  the  lined  back- 
ground is  intended  to  represent  the  sea. 
Anything  less  artistic  it  would  be  difficult 
to  conceive.  It  has  not  even  the  merit  of 
originality,  for  Panama  took  the  preliminary 
step  in  postage  stamp  maps.  The  impres- 
sion is  on  white  paper,  watermarked  5/-, 
and  it  is  perforated  10. 
Adhesive.     5  shillings,  dark  violet. 

Panama. — The   American   Journal   of  Philately. :  reports   the 
surcharge  in  violet  of  the  10  centavos  with 
"5,"  and  the  original  value  effaced. 

Adhesive.    5  centavos  on  10  c,  black  on  yellow  ; 
surcharged  in  violet. 

Peru. — Messrs.  Whitfield,  King,  and 
Co.  have  sent  us  a  copy  of  La  Opinion 
Naeional  of  Lima,  containing  a  decree 
authorising  the  re-issue  of  the  old  stamps 
of  1  and  10  centavos,  in  green — the  first  overstamped  in  red, 
with  the  triangular  frame  with  "peru"  at  the  foot;  and  the 
second  with  the  oval  stamp  of  "  union  postal  universal,  plat  a, 
lima.  This  issue  is  purely  provisional,  waiting  the  supply  of  the 
values  from  the  American  Bank  Note  Company. 

Adhesives.     1  cent.,  green,  surcharged  in  red  ;  with  grille, 
l^     ii  ii  ii  ii  ii 

Russia. — In  our  description  of  the  new  issue  last  month  we 
omitted  to  chronicle  the  4  kopecks,  printed  in 
a  similar  manner  to  the  10  kop.  We  now 
annex  an  illustration  of  this  type,  as  also  of 
that  of  the  20  and  50  kop.,  and  the  one 
rouble.  Adhesive.     4  kop.,  carmine. 

Shanghai. — We  annex  an  engraving  of  the 
stamp  described  by  us  last  month  with  a  double 
surcharge. 


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112  NEW   FACTS   CONNECTED   WITH   THE   HISTORY    OF 

Turk's  Islands. — The  somewhat  common  colonial  famine  in 
the  stock  of  some  particular  value  has  again  affected  these  islands, 
and  we  have  the  2£d.,  red-brown,  of  1882,  surcharged  in  black 
with  "  One  Penny  "  across  the  stamp. 

Adhesive.     1  penny  on  2|d.,  red-brown  ;  surcharged  in  black. 


SOME  NEW   FACTS  CONNECTED  WITH 

THE  HISTORY  OF  THE  POSTAGE  STAMPS  OF 
BRITISH   GUIANA, 

A  PAPER  READ  before  the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  May  3rd,  1889. 

By  E.   D.   BACON. 

(Continued  from  page  96.) 


The  admittance  of  British  Guiana  into  the  Postal  Union  took  place  on 
April  1st,  1879,  after  being  notified  in  The  Official  Gazette,  March  15th,  1879, 
as  follows : 

BRITISH  GUIANA. 

GENEBAL  POST  OFFICE. 

Georgetown,  8th  March,  1879. 
NOTICE. 

On  and  after  1st  April,  1879,  the  following  changes  will  take  place  in  the 
rates  of  postage  and  conditions  of  transmission  of  correspondence  of  various 
kinds  forwarded  from  this  Colony  to  Countries  comprised  in  the  General 
Postal  Union : 

LETTERS. 

The  rate  on  paid  letters  will  be  8  cents  per  half-ounce,  instead  of  12  cents. 
Letters  wholly  unpaid  will  be  charged  16  cents  on  delivery.  Short  paid 
letters  will  be  charged  double  the  amount  of  the  deficiency  of  the  prepaid 
rate. 

POST  CARDS. 

Rate — 3  cents  each. 

Only  cards  issued  by  the  Government  will  be  received.  The  front,  or 
stamped  side,  is  intended  for  the  address  only.  There  must  be  nothing  else 
written,  printed,  or  otherwise  impressed  on  it,  nor  must  there  be  any  writing 
or  printing  across  the  stamp.  On  the  reverse  side  any  communication  of 
the  nature  of  a  letter  or  otherwise  may  be  written  or  printed.  Nothing 
whatever  may  be  attached ;  nor  may  the  card  be  folded,  cut,  or  otherwise 
altered.  If  any  of  these  rules  be  infringed,  the  card  will  be  treated  as 
an  insufficiently  paid  letter. 

COMMERCIAL  DOCUMENTS. 
Rate  for  a  packet  not  over  4  ounces — 5  cents. 
Every  additional  2  ounces — 2  cents. 
Prepayment  is  compulsory. 

The  limit  of  size  is  24  inches  in  length,  and  12  inches  in  width  or  depth. 
The  limit  of  weight  is  4  lbs. 

BOOK  POST. 
Includes  all  printed  papers  (except  newspapers),   books,    patterns,   and 
samples  of  merchandize. 

Rate  for  every  2  ounces — 2  cents. 


THE   POSTAGE   STAMPS   OF   BRITISH   GUIANA.  113 

The  limit  of  size  and  weight  for  books  is  the  same  as  for  commercial 
documents,  The  limit  of  weight  for  patterns  and  samples  is  8  ounces,  as 
before  ;  but  the  limit  of  size  has  been  reduced  to  8  inches  in  length,  4  inches 
in  breadth,  and  two  inches  in  depth.  No  article  exceeding  these  limits 
can  be  forwarded. 

NEWSPAPERS. 

No  alteration.     For  each  newspaper  under  4  ounces — 2  cents. 

REGISTRATION  FEE. 
The  fee  is  eight  cents,  as  before. 

PROHIBITED  ARTICLES. 

Letters  or  packets  containing  gold  or  silver  bullion,  pieces  of  money, 
jewellery,  precious  articles,  or  any  articles  whatever  liable  to  customs  duty, 
cannot  be  forwarded. 

On  the  1st  April,  1879,  the  following  will  be  the  countries  comprised 
in  the  General  Postal  Union,  and  to  which  the  foregoing  rates  are  applicable  : 

The  whole  of  Europe. 

The  whole  of  the  French,  Dutch,  Spanish,  Portuguese,  and  Danish  Colonies, 
Possessions  and  Dependencies. 

The  United  States  of  North  America. 

The  whole  of  British  North  America. 

British  India,  and  the  Colonies  of  Bermuda  [British  Guiana],  British 
Honduras,  Jamaica,  Trinidad,  Mauritius,  the  Gold  Coast,  Sierra  Leone, 
Gambia,  Lagos,  Falkland  Islands. 

The  Argentine  Republic. 

Brazil. 

Chili. 

Peru. 

Salvador. 

Mexico. 

Japan. 

Persia. 

(Signed)  E.  D.  Wight, 

Acting  Colonial  Postmaster. 

Notwithstanding  this  notice,  the  3-cent  Post  Card  was  not  ready  for 
issue  until  July  3rd.  This  is  proved  by  the  following  notice,  taken  from 
The  Gazette,  July  2nd,  1879  : 

POST    OFFICE    NOTICE. 
GENERAL   POST   OFFICE. 

Georgetown,  2nd  July,  1879. 
Post  cards  will  be  ready  for  issue  at  the  General  Post  Office,  Georgetown, 
to-morrow,  the  3rd  July,  and  at  the  several  District  Post  Offices  on  Saturday, 
the  5th  July.  Post  Cards  will  not  be  sold  at  the  Post  Offices  in  quantities 
of  less  than  ten  for  thirty-six  cents,  or  of  one  hundred  for  three  dollars  and 
fifty  cents.  Licensed  vendors  can  obtain  Post  Cards  from  the  Colonial 
Receiver  General.  (Signed)  E.  D.  Wight, 

Acting  Colonial  Postmaster. 

The  next  notice  gives  us  the  date  of  issue  of  the  Registration  Envelopes. 
It  may  be  found  in  The  Gazette  for  March  26th,  1881. 

NOTICE. 
GENERAL  POST   OFFICE. 

Georgetown,  24th  March,  1881. 
Envelopes  for  the  purposes  of  Registration  are  now  ready  for  issue  at  the 
General   Post  Office,    Georgetown,    at   the    Post   Office,    New    Amsterdam, 
Berbice,  and  at  all  the  District  Post  Offices, 
126** 


114  NEW    FACTS    CONNECTED    WITH   THE    HISTORY    OF 

These  Envelopes  will  be  sold  in  Packets,  each  containing  10  Envelopes, 
and  each  Envelope  having  a  Registration  Fee  Stamp  of  4  Cents  impressed 
thereon. 

For  a  Packet  of  10  Envelopes.  Size  G,    6    x  3f,  48  cts. 
,,  ,,  ,,  Size  H,    8    x  5,    56    ,, 

„  ,,  ,,  Size  J,  10   x7,    65    ,, 

„  ,,  „  Size  K,  11^x6,    65    ,, 

(Signed)  E.  D.  Wight, 

Acting  Postmaster  General. 

The  next  three  notices  of  importance  refer  to  the  provisional  stamps 
issued  in  December,  1SS1,  and  January,  1SS2.  Copies  of  all  three  are  to 
be  found  in  The  Philatelic  Record,  vol.  iv.  pp.  6,  7,  so  I  need  not  reproduce 
them  here. 

Mr.  Luard  tells  me  that  the  1  cent,  black  on  rose,  and  the  2  cents,  black 
on  yellow,  produced  in  the  colony,  were  printed  by  Messrs.  Baldwin  and  Co. , 
a  firm  of  booksellers,  stationers,  and  printers,  in  Georgetown.  He  says, 
"  After  the  stamps  in  question  were  printed  they  were  taken  to  the  Receiver 
General's  Office,  in  the  Guiana  Public  Buildings,  and  there  the  word 
'  Specimen '  was  added.  The  very  punching  machine  employed  to  punch 
the  word  'specimen'  is  now  used  as  a  door  weight  in  the  office.  A  few 
sheets  escaped  the  punch,  and  as  many  as  were  detected  were  returned  from 
the  Post-office  to  the  Receiver  General's  Office  to  be  punched." 

There  is  no  further  notice  to  be  found  in  The  Gazette  authorizing  the 
surcharge  of  the  12  cents  and  24  cents,  "  official"  Waterlow's  type,  with  a 
figure  1  and  2  respectively,  and  with  the  original  value  obliterated.  Mr. 
Luard  says,  in  one  of  his  letters  to  me, iC  The  I860  12  cents,  lilac,  surcharged 
1,  and  the  1863  24  cents,  green,  surcharged  2,  were  not  sold  to  the  public, 
but  all  bought  in  by  the  present  acting  postmaster  himself.  The  postmarks 
on  a  great  number  of  these  provisional  stamps  are  not  genuine,  inasmuch  as 
many  speculators,  when  they  bought  the  stamps,  got  the  clerk  to  postmark 
them,  and  I  have  an  acquaintance  here  who  has  the  entire  sheet  of  unsevered 
96  cents  stamps  surcharged  2,  each  stamp  in  the  sheet  being  carefully 
postmarked." 

The  next  notice,  taken  from  The  Gazette,  April  loth,  1SS2,  authorizes 
Registration  Envelopes  and  foreign  Post  Cards  to  be  sold  singly. 

REGULATIONS. 
FOR   THE   SALE   OF    REGISTRATION   ENVELOPES   AND   FOREIGN   POST   CARDS. 

Ox  and  after  Monday,  the  1st  May,  Registration  Envelopes  and  Foreign 
Post  Cards  will  be  sold  at  every  Post  Office  in  the  Colony,  and  by  Stamp 
Vendors,  at  the  following  prices  : 


REGISTRATION 

ENVELOPES. 

Small  Size. 

Medium  Size. 

Large  Size 

(square  <fc  oblong). 

For  1 

Envelope,  5 

cents 

6  cents 

7  cents. 

2 

„      io 

,, 

12 

JS 

14     „ 

\\    3 

„         15 

,, 

18 

>  J 

21     „ 

„    4 

„        20 

,, 

24 

>  J 

2S     „ 

,,    5 

25 

,, 

30 

>» 

35     „ 

,,    6 

30 

36 

42     ,, 

>5        I 

35 

,, 

42 

}f 

49     „ 

„    8 

40 

,, 

48 

J  J 

56     „ 

•  j    9 

45 

, ,               ... 

54 

63     ,. 

„io 

„         50 

,, 

60 

>> 

70    „ 

THE   POSTAGE   STAMPS    OF    BRITISH    GUIANA.  115 


POST   CARDS 

^o 

■  1  Card,  4  cents. 

5  ) 

2 

j  » 

8 

55 

5) 

3 

55 

12 

55 

>; 

4 

5  ) 

16 

55 

55 

5 

55 

20 

J  5 

>> 

6 

,, 

24 

3  ) 

7 
8 

5  J 

28 
32 

;  5 

55 

9 

JS 

36 

55 

)) 

10 

)  5 

40 

55 

The  Postcards  are  not  available  for  circulation  within  the  Colony,  but 
are  to  be  used  only  for  communications  to  persons  in  England,  and  other 
countries  in  the  Postal  Union. 
General  Post  Office,  (Signed)         F.  M.  Hodgson, 

Georgetown,  Postmaster  General. 

April,  1882. 

The  next  notice  gives  us  the  date  of  issue  of  the  reply  paid  card  3  +  3 
cents,  and  makes  a  reduction  in  the  price  of  the  3  cents  single  cards.  It  is 
taken  from  The  Gazette,  August  25th,  1883. 

POSTAL  NOTICE. 

REDUCTION   IN   THE  PRICE   CHARGED  FOR  FOREIGN  POST  CARDS,    AND   ISSUE 

OF  DOUBLE  POST-  CARDS,    THAT  IS  CARDS   HAVING  A  PREPAID   REPLY 

ATTACHED. 

On  and  after  the  1st  September  the  Foreign  Post  Cards  hitherto  sold  at 
4  cents  each  will  be  sold  at  3  cents  each.  These  cards  are  available  for 
despatch  to  the  United  Kingdom,  the  Islands  in  the  West  Indies,  and  to 
all  countries  in  the  Postal  Union.  On  and  from  the  same  date,  Post  Cards 
having  a  reply  card  attached  will  be  sold  at  all  Post  Offices  in  the  colony  for 
6  cents  each  double  card.  The  object  of  the  double  card  is  similar  to  that 
of  prepaying  the  reply  to  a  telegram  ;  namely,  that  the  person  to  whom  the 
card  is  sent  may  be  placed  in  a  position  to  send  a  reply  without  having  to 
pay  for  it.  Persons  using  the  double  card  must  be  careful  not  to  write  on 
the  reply  card. 

The  double  card  is  available  for  use  to  the  United  Kingdom,  the  "West 
India  Islands,  and  to  all  countries  in  the  Postal  Union  with  the  following 
exceptions :  Brazil,  Egypt,  Guatemala,  Japan,  Mexico,  Nicaragua,  Peru, 
Russia,  Venezuela,  United  States. 

(Signed)        F.  M.  Hodgsox, 

General  Post  Office,  Georgetown,  Postmaster  General. 

24th  August,  1883. 

The  1  cent  and  2  cents  Newspaper  Wrappers  were  issued  on  February  1st, 
1884,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  the  following  notice  given  in  The 
Gazette  of  January  19th,  1884. 

NOTICE. 

SALE   OF   NEWSPAPER   WRAPPERS. 

On  and  after  Friday,  the  1st  February,  the  sale  of  Newspaper  Wrappers  will 
be  undertaken  at  the  following  Post  Offices  : 

Georgetown  .  ...       (General  Post  Office.) 

Belfield 


Buxton 
Mahaica 
Mahaicony 
Plaisance 


East  Coast,  Demerara. 


116 


NEW   FACTS    CONNECTED    WITH    THE    HISTORY    OF 


Berbice. 

"West  Coast,  Demerara. 

(Wakenaarn.) 

Arabian  Coast,  Essequibo. 


Fort  "Wellington 

2Sew  Amsterdam 

Reliance 

Skeldon 

Leonora 

Tuschen 

Vreed-en-Hoop 

Leguan 

Good  Success 

Anna  Regina 

Suddie 

Taymouth  Manor 

The  Wrappers  are  in  packets  of  10,  and  will  be  sold  as  follows  : 

1  cent  stamp  wrappers,  per  packet,  12  cents. 

2  24 

(Signed)  F.  1L  Hodgson, 

General  Post  Office,  Georgetown,  Postmaster  General. 

18th  January,  1884. 

On  the  1st  May,  in  the  same  year,  the  above  wrappers  were  slightly 
reduced  in  price  by  the  notice  following  : 

NOTICE. 
ALTERATION   IN   THE   PRICE    OF   NEWSPAPER   WRAPPERS. 

On  and  after  the  1st  May,  Newspaper  Wrappers  will  be  sold  at  the 
following  rates : 

1  cent  wrappers  in  packets  of  10  for  11  cents. 

2  „  „  „       „   10  „    21      „ 

(Signed)  E.  D.  Wight. 

General  Post  Office,  Acting  Postmaster  General. 

30th  April,  1884. 

In  The  Gazette  for  August  19th,  1SS5,  the  following  notice  was  inserted, 
withdrawing  all  provisional  and  other  postage  stamps  from  use,  excepting 
those  of  the  then  current  issue,  the  96  cents  of  which  had  previously  been 
discontinued  being  sold  by  the  Post  Office.  Mr.  Luard  tells  me  this  value 
was  withdrawn  because  a  large  number  of  the  stamps  were  stolen  from  the 
Post  Office. 

POST  OFFICE  NOTICE. 
WITHDRAWAL   OF   POSTAGE    STAMPS   FROM   CIRCULATION. 

General  Post  Office, 
Georgetown,  20th  August,  1SS5. 
Ox  and  from  the  1st  October,  1885,  "Provisional  Issue  Postage  Stamps," 
and  all  Postage  Stamps  other  than  those  of  current  issue,  which  are  described 
below,  will  not  be  available  for  the  prepayment  of  Postage. 

Postage  Stamps,  which  by  this  notice  will  become  obsolete,  can  be 
exchanged  for  current  issue  stamps  of  equal  value  on  application  at  the 
Public  Counter  of  the  General  Post  Office  up  to  the  30th  Sept. 

CURRENT    ISSUE    OF   BRITISH    GUIANA    POSTAGE   STAMPS. 

Ship  in  full  sail  turned  to  the 
right  on  shaded  oval,  with 
the  motto  Damn*  Pclimu-sqiM 
Vidssim  round  it ;  value  in 
cents  on  lower  part ;  the 
words  postage  on  top,  and 
British  Guiana  at  side. 


1  cent 

2 

—      j> 

4     „ 
6     „ 
8     „ 

gray. 

yellow. 

blue. 

light  brown. 

red. 

12     „ 

mauve. 

24     „ 
48     „ 

green, 
chocolate. 

(Signed) 


F.  AL  Hodgson, 

Postmaster  General. 


THE    POSTAGE    STAMPS    OF    BRITISH    GUIANA.  117 

The  last  notice  I  am  able  to  lay  before  you  this  evening  is  that  authorizing 
the  issue  of  inland  post  cards.  It  appeared  in  The  Gazette  of  August  26th, 
1885. 

COURT  OF  POLICY  NOTICE. 
HALL  OF  THE  COURT   OF  POLICY, 

26th  August,  1885. 
At  a  Meeting  of  the  Honourable  the  Court  of  Policy,  held  on  the  19th 
instant,   the  following  Rules  and  Regulations  with  respect  to  the  use  of 
Inland  Post  Cards  were  settled  and  approved,  and  are  hereby  published  for 
general  information : — 

Rules  and  Regulations  with  Respect  to  the  Use  of 
Inland  Post  Cards. 

1.  Post  Cards  impressed  with  a  1  cent  Stamp  may  be  obtained  at  any  Post 
Office  in  the  Colony,  and  are  available  for  transmission  between  places  in 
the  Colony. 

2.  The  front  (or  stamped)  side  is  for  the  address  only,  in  addition  to  the 
words  printed  thereon  by  the  Government,  and  nothing  else  must  be  written, 
printed,  or  otherwise  impressed  on  it,  or  on  the  stamp. 

3.  On  the  reverse  side  any  communication,  whether  of  the  nature  of  a 
letter  or  otherwise,  may  be  written,  printed,  engraved  or  lithographed. 
Nothing  whatever  may  be  attached  to  the  card,  nor  may  a  card  be  folded, 
cut,  or  otherwise  altered. 

4.  If  the  Rules  in  paragraphs  2  and  3  are  infringed,  the  card  will  be 
treated  as  a  letter,  and  charged  2  cents  on  delivery. 

5.  Adhesive  Stamps  are  not  accepted  in  payment  of  postage  on  post  cards. 

6.  The  Post  Master  General  may  cause  any  Post  Cards  which  contain 
communications  obscenely  or  indecently  worded,  or  which  have  upon  them 
any  marks  or  designs  of  an  indecent,  obscene,  libellous,  or  offensive  character 
to  be  stopped  or  destroyed. 

7.  Inland  Post  Cards  shall  be  sold  at  the  following  rates : 

1  Card  for  three  farthings. 

2  Cards  for  l|d. 

3  Cards  for  two  pence  and  one  farthing. 

4  Cards  for  three  pence. 

6  Cards  for  4  pence.  By  Command, 

(Signed)  Francis  Yilliers, 

Acting  Secretary. 

The  1  cent  cards  not  having  arrived  from  England  at  the  date  of  this 
notice,  the  3  cents  Postal  Union  card  was  issued  provisionally,  with  the 
stamp  surcharged  across  the  centre  one  cent,  in  two  lines,  in  block  letters, 
and  the  original  value  obliterated  with  a  black  bar. 

In  conclusion,  I  purpose  to  give  a  list  of  the  Colony's  present  Inland 
Postal  Rates,  taken  from  the  current  Post  Office  Guide,  published  on  May 
1st,  1884,  making  the  necessary  alterations  advertised  in  The  Gazette  of 
April  21st,  1886. 

letters. 
For  a  letter  not  exceeding  1  oz.  .  .         .     2  cents. 

„         „       above  1  oz. ,  but  not  exceeding  2  oz.  .3      „ 

2  4  4 

And  at  the  rate  of  1  cent  for  every  additional  2  oz.  up  to  2  lbs. 
Letters  not  exceeding  \  oz.  in  weight  posted  in  Georgetown  for 
delivery  in  Georgetown,  or  in  New  Amsterdam  for  delivery  in 
New  Amsterdam,  can  be  sent  for  a  prepaid  postage  of  .  1  cent. 
For  letters  exceeding  \  oz.  in  weight  the  rate  is  the  same  as  for 
letters  to  other  parts  of  the  Colony. 

newspapers. 
For  each  Newspaper  posted  in  the  Colony  .        .     1  cent. 


118  SUSPICIOUS    SURCHARGES. 

CIRCULARS    AND   PRICES   CURRENT. 

For  each  article  .  .  ...     1  cent. 

BOOK   PACKETS. 

For  a  packet  not  exceeding  4  oz.  .  .     1  cent. 

, ,    each  additional  4  oz.  .  .  .     2  cents. 

REGISTRATION. 

The  fee  for  each  article  is  .  .         .     4  cents. 

On  comparing  the  above  rates  with  those  current  at  the  time  of  the 
introduction  of  postage  stamps,  we  shall  see  the  great  reductions  made  in 
the  postal  service  since  1850. 

I  think  I  have  now  given  you  all  the  fresh  information  and  facts  I  have 
been  able  to  get  together.  I  have  only  to  tender  once  more  my  best  thanks 
to  Mr.  Luard  for  the  valuable  assistance  he  has  rendered.  There  are  still 
some  points  left  unsettled  of  greater  or  lesser  importance;  but  it  is  satis- 
factory to  know  that  a  portion  at  least  of  the  obscurity  which  long  surrounded 
these  issues  has  at  length  been  removed,  and  to  feel  assured,  as  I  do,  that, 
with  a  little  more  time,  and  a  little  more  patient  investigation,  the  stamps  of 
British  Guiana  will  no  longer  be  to  us  one  of  the  sealed  books  of  the 
literature  of  philatelic  history. 


SUSPICIOUS    SURCHARGES, 


Peru. — We  have  received  the  following  letter  from  the  President  and 
Secretary  of  the  Sociedad  Filatelica  Sud- Americana  of  Pern,  dated  Lima, 
7th  May  last : 

"  To  the  Editor  of  The  Philatelic  Record. 

"Dear  Sir, — We  tliink  it  our  duty  to  call  your  attention  to  what  appears 
to  us  to  be  one  more  addition  to  the  long  list  of  frauds  that  have  been 
perpetrated  in  the  name  of  Peru  on  stamp  collectors.  In  the  March 
number  of  your  journal,  received  here  to-day,  there  is  chronicled  a  new 
variety  of  the  Arequipa  (25  c,  carmine)  stamp,  re-surcharged  with  "1888," 
or  "habilitado  1888."  We  beg  to  state  that  no  such  variety  is  known 
here,  and  that  if  such  a  surcharge  really  has  been  placed  (which  we  very 
much  doubt)  on  the  stamp  in  question,  it  would  be  for  fiscal  and  not  postal 
purposes.  Since  December,  1885,  when  the  Civil  War  came  to  an  end, 
there  has  been  undisturbed  communication  between  the  central  post-office 
at  Lima  and  the  local  offices  throughout  the  country,  and  there  could  there- 
fore be  no  motive  for  such  a  provisional  issue. 

"  We  are,  dear  Sir,  yours  truly, 

"  Signed  by  the  President  and  the  Secretary." 

Guatemala. — In  our  number  for  October  last  we  described  two  sur- 
charged stamps,  said  by  a  German  contemporary  to  be  genuine.  When  we 
chronicled  them  we  said  they  might  be  all  right,  but  we  should  not  be 
"surprised  to  find"  that  they  were  all  wrong.  The  latter  seems  to  be  the 
case,  as  the  Timbre-Poste  states  that  a  correspondent  has  made  enquiries 
of  the  Postmaster-General,  and  finds  they  are  nothing  better  than  carottes. 

Great  Britain.— A  correspondent  writes  :  "  I  have  lately  had  offered 
to  me  some  British  stamps  I  do  not  find  chronicled  in  your  journal ;  e.g. 
the  3d.  and  1-  of  '84,  and  the  current  1/-,  with  the  surcharge  'govt. 
parcels,'  and  the  2/6  surcharged  'i.  r.  official.'  "  We  have  not  been  so 
fortunate  as  our  correspondent  in  having  such  rarities  offered  to  us.  Will 
lie  kindly  inform  us  where  they  are  to  be  purchased  ! 


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FURTHER  NOTES   ON 

THE  EARLIER  ISSUES  OF  BRITISH  GUIANA, 

Read  before  the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  31st  May,  18S0. 
By  FREDERICK  A.  PHILBRICK,  Q.C.,  President. 


The  paper  contributed  by  Mr.  Bacon  on  3rd  May,  1889,  to  the  Society,  and 
the  string  of  queries  propounded  by  Mr.  P.  J.  Anderson  in  his  letter  to  the 
Philatelic  Record  of  17th  April  last,  have  again  directed  the  attention  of 
philatelists  to  the  many  unsolved  problems  relating  to  the  earlier  stamps  of 
this  Colony ;  while  the  near  approach  of  the  period  when  the  Society  will 
attempt  to  catalogue  them  renders  it  desirable  to  submit  without  further 
delay  such  information  as  I  possess,  in  the  hope  it  may  ultimately  prove  of 
assistance  in  the  compilation  of  our  List,  and  elucidate  some  points  at 
present  left  in  obscurity. 

It  is  not  a  little  remarkable,  that  directly  any  paper  of  this  kind  is  pub- 
lished, a  crop  of  information  generally  springs  up,  sometimes  confirming  the 
theories  put  forth,  though  often  showing  that  the  older  ideas  were  based  on 
imperfect  data,  or  as  often,  that  deductions  apparently  well  founded  have 
been  made  in  error.  Notably  this  was  so  in  the  case  of  the  Catalogue  of 
Oceania,  which  elicited  the  fruit  of  so  much  research  from  the  Sydney 
Society,  and  the  valuable  papers  of  our  esteemed  colleague,  Dr.  Houison. 

For  many  years  I  had  been  collecting  all  the  information  I  could  obtain 
regarding  these  earlier  British  Guiana  stamps  ;  but,  as  will  be  seen,  it  is  of 
a  fragmentary  nature,  and  I  had  delayed  putting  it  before  your  notice,  in 
the  hope  that  time,  that  great  solvent  of  difficulties,  might  bring  to  my  aid 
much  that  is  wanting,  and  supply  links  which  would  enable  me  to  piece 
together  a  more  perfect  chain  of  reasoning. 

This  expectation  has  been  disappointed,  more  perhaps  owing  to  Mr. 
Bacon's  paper  than  any  other  fact ;  because  if  his  patient  accuracy,  sup- 
plemented by  Mr.  Luard's  information,  is  unable  to  fill  the  voids,  the  outlook 
is  dark  for  future  explorers. 

However,  for  the  reason  assigned,  I  will  no  longer  defer  that  which  I  can 
contribute,  prefacing  what  I  offer  with  the  remark  that,  while  I  have  done 
my  best  to  ensure  accuracy,  I  must  be  understood  as  inviting  discussion,  and 
above  all  any  authentic  facts  which  will  shed  further  light  on  the  subject. 

It  may  be  interesting  first  to  communicate  extracts  from  two  letters  which 
I  received  from  Mr.  E.  T.  E.  Dalton,  formerly  the  Postmaster  of  British 
Guiana. 

On  the  5th  December,  1864,  he  says,  "I  do  not  believe  it  possible  to 
obtain  any  of  our  first  issue  ;  they  were  only  in  use  for  a  few  months,  and 
were  struck  off.  from  time  to  time  to  meet  the  wants  of  the  office.  The 
second  issue  was  the  '  Patimus '  lot ;  we  have  to  thank  the  engraver  of 
the  die  in  England  for  the  mistake.  You  can  have  a  few  of  these  if  you 
wish.  Having  been  applied  to  by  most  of  the  Continental  Governments 
for  complete  sets  of  all  stamps  issued  by  the  Colony,  I  have  had  a  few 
sheets  struck  off  of  those  old  stamps  from  the  original  dies  to  enable  me 
to  comply  with  their  requests.     I  can  therefore  spare  a  few  to  collectors 


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at  their  actual  value ;  viz.,  the  amount  they  represent  respectively.  As 
they  are  not  to  be  used  for  the  service  of  the  Post  Office,  and  can  only 
be  obtained  in  small  numbers  from  this,  the  Head  Office,  they  "will  be  rare, 
although,  of  course,  not  so  rare  as  they  have  been." 

On  13th  February,  1865,  Mr.  Dalton  again  wrote  me  as  follows  :  "I  will 
tell  you  what  I  remember  of  the  different  issues.  In  1850,  when  the  Colony 
first  established  an  Inland  Mail,  there  were  three  rates  of  postage,  according 
to  distance — 4  cents,  8  c. ,  12  c. ;  these  were  represented  by  blue,  green,  and 
red  stamps  (round),  initialled  by  me.  These  were  printed  in  the  Colony. 
At  the  first  meeting  of  the  Combined  Court  that  year,  to  fix  the  Public 
Expenditure  and  raise  the  taxes,  it  was  decided  to  have  one  uniform  rate 
of  postage  on  letters,  4  cents,  and  to  impose  a  postage  of  1  cent  on  local 
newspapers  forwarded  by  post  from  one  part  of  the  Colony  to  another. 
Stamps  for  that  purpose  were  ordered  from  England  the  same  year.  They 
are  the  "Patimus"  lot.  In  1853  we  had  a  second  issue  of  1  and  4  cent 
stamps ;  I  believe  these  are  called  by  collectors  obloDg !  These  also  were 
obtained  from  England.  Our  third  issue  took  place  in  1860  ;  it  consisted  of 
1,  2,  4,  8,  12,  and  24  cent  stamps,  pink,  orange,  blue,  red,  lilac,  green.  In 
1862  the  colour  of  the  1  cent  stamp  was  changed  from  pink  to  dark  brown  ; 
and  the  same  year,  having  run  out  of  1,  2,  and  4  ct.  stamps,  some  rough 
ones  were  executed  in  the  Colony,  and  initialled  '  R.  M.' — colours,  pink, 
yellow,  blue— of  the  value  of  1,  2,  and  4  cts.  These  have  the  borders  given 
by  you.  They  are  very  scarce,  and  I  am  not  anxious  that  collectors  should 
get  hold  of  them."  He  also  said,  "  I  do  not  know  what  you  mean  by  news- 
paper stamps  and  labels.  To  my  knowledge  no  stamps  were  ever  especiahy 
issued  for  papers.  I  forgot  to  state  that  in  1863  we  issued  6  c,  12  c,  and 
48  c.  stamps  of  a  somewhat  different  design." 

The  above  extracts  contain  all  the  information  I  received  from  Mr.  Dalton. 
He  enclosed  in  the  last  letter,  besides  perforated  reprints  of  the  two  Patimus 
stamps,  the  red  and  blue  1  c.  and  4  c.  of  1S53,  and  several  copies  of  the 
24  c,  green,  1860. 

Mr.  Dalton  evidently  made  a  slip  of  the  pen  when  he  spoke  of  the  4  c. 
(round)  stamp  of  1850  as  being  on  red  paper  ;  he  should,  as  we  know,  have 
written  yellow.  He  afterwards  corrected  this  error ;  but  it  is  curious  he 
should  have  made  this  particular  mistake  in  view  of  the  2  c.  on  pink  which 
came  to  light  thirteen  years  after. 

Issue  of  1st  July,  1850. 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  issue  of  1850  was  created  for  Inland  use,  in  the 
Colony  only,  and  in  this  sense  is  a  distinctly  local  issue. 

Comparing  Mr.  Bacon's  paper  with  Mr.  Dalton's  information,  there  is  the 
same  absence  of  a  2  c.  rate  of  postage,  and  the  entire  omission  to  notice  a 
2  cent,  stamp  in  both,  as  well  as  the  distinct  denial  by  the  Postmaster  of 
any  special  stamp  for  newspapers  having  been  issued  in  the  Colony. 

There  were  only  two  establishments  which  could  have  produced  stamps  in 
Demerara  at  that  time ;  viz. ,  the  offices  of  the  Demerara  and  Essequibo 
(now  the  Royal)  Gazette,  and  of  the  Colonist.  This  latter  we  may  at  once 
dismiss,  as  no  stamps  were  ever  printed  there  ;  it  belonged  to  a  Mr.  Short, 
who  left  Demerara  for  New  Zealand  in  1863  or  1S64.  The  Gazette,  as  I 
will  call  it  for  shortness,  was,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  the  property  of  a 
Mr.  Stewart,  whose  representatives  after  his  decease  sold  it,  in  1865  or  1866, 
to  the  present  proprietor,  Mr.  H.  J.  Parnell. 


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Mr.  Luard  states  that  Mr.  Henry  Mackay  "printed"  the  1850  issue. 
This  may  mean  either  that  Mr.  Mackay  was  proprietor  of  the  Gazette  at 
that  time,  or  was  then  in  charge  of  the  printing  office.  However  that  may 
be,  I  am  informed  that  in  1850  Mr.  Devonish  was  one  of  the  staff  employed 
under  the  proprietors  in  a  place  of  trust,  and  had  personally  to  do  with 
superintending  the  printing  work  of  the  establishment.  The  name  of 
George  Melville  has  also  been  mentioned  as  the  printer  of  the  1862  (pro- 
visional) issue  ;  probably  he  was  a  colleague  in  the  office  with  Mr.  Devonish. 

Mr.  Devonish  was  in  the  printing  office  during  the  whole  period  from 
before  1850  till  after  it  was  moved,  in  1881,  to  new  premises,  and  was 
personally  cognizant  of,  and  took  part  in,  the  manufacturing  of  all  the 
Colonial-printed  stamps,  and  in  refitting  the  new  office.  He  is,  I  believe,  still 
manager  for  Mr.  Parnell.  It  was  in  preparing  for  the  move  that  several 
entire  sheets  of  the  1  c.  and  4  c.  stamps  of  1862  were  accidentally  discovered. 
It  will  be  remembered  that,  though  gummed  and  rouletted,  they  bear  no 
paraphe,  and  evidently  never  quitted  the  printer's  hands. 

From  information  supplied  by  Mr.  Devonish,  through  Mr.  Parnell,  it 
appears  that  the  1850,  1856,  and  1862  stamps  were  all  printed  by  a  hand- 
press  measuring  18  x  12  in. ,  which  was  transferred  to  the  new  premises  of 
the  Royal  Gazette,  and  was  still  in  use  in  1882.  This  establishes,  if  proof 
were  needed,  the  fact  that  all  three  issues  were  typographed. 

I  will  now  proceed  to  enquire  (a)  what  values  were  printed  ;  (b)  how  the 
die  was  constituted  ;  and  (c)  how  many  varieties  of  stamps  were  printed  on 
the  sheet. 

The  first  question  would  have  admitted  a  simple  solution  but  for  the 
appearance  to  the  philatelic  world,  in  1878,  of  the  2  c.  on  rose.  Till  then 
we  had  supposed  that  the  issue  really  comprised  three  values  only ;  viz. , 
4  c,  on  yellow  paper ;  8  c,  on  green  paper  ;  12  c,  on  blue  paper. 

In  my  first  paper  on  these  stamps  {Stamp  Collector's  Magazine,  July, 
1865,  p.  100)  I  state  :  "  Mention  has  been  made  of  a  stamp  of  this  issue  on 
pink  paper,  the  value  of  which  has  been  variously  stated  at  4  and  8  cents. 
No  specimen  is  known  to  exist,  nor  has  the  writer  any  authentic  information 
which  would  justify  him  in  inserting  such  a  stamp  in  this  list." 

But  the  floating  tradition  turned  out  well  founded,  and  in  1878  two 
specimens  came  to  England,  through  Messrs.  Alfred  Smith  and  Co.,  of 
Bath,  followed  afterwards  by  two  others — which,  as  far  as  I  know,  constitute 
the  entire  number  in  European  collections  to  this  date. 

The  advent  of  this  stamp  naturally  created  a  stir  among  collectors  ;  and 
as  at  about  the  same  period  a  very  large  "  find  "  of  the  round  stamps  took 
place,  both  by  Mr.  Wyatt,  of  Demerara,  and  the  manager  of  the  Colonial 
Bank  at  George  Town,  we  were  enabled  to  make  a  much  more  satisfactory 
comparison  than  would  have  been  possible  previously. 

Both  Mr.  E.  L.  Pemberton  and  myself  got  together  and  carefully 
examined  every  specimen  we  could  procure,  and,  after  a  very  brief  examina- 
tion, unhesitatingly  pronounced  in  favour  of  the  authentic  nature  of  the 
newly-discovered  value.  We  saw  that  it  was  printed  from  the  identical 
blocks  of  the  issue  of  1850,  the  figures  of  value  alone  being  changed ;  that 
all  the  copies  bore  the  genuine  initials  of  Mr.  James  Belton  Smith,  a  clerk 
in  tbe  Post  Office  at  Demerara,  who  also  initialled  other  values  of  this  issue ; 
and  though  the  dates  were  illegible  in  their  entirety  on  all  but  one  copy, 
which  afterwards  passed  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  Ferrary,  yet  the  month 
October  was  traceable  on  all,  and  the  one  we  could  read  showed  plainly  the 


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day,  17th.  Mr.  Luard's  information  is  useful  as  supplementing  the  year, 
1851  ;  and  the  identity  of  the  initialling,  and  of  the  dates,  on  all  four 
specimens  is  accounted  for  by  the  statement  that  all  were  taken  off  one  letter. 

Further,  in  a  list  sent  out  by  me  for  revision,  and  which  was  submitted  to 
Mr.  Devonish,  he  has  left  standing  at  the  head,  "  2  cents,  on  rose  paper/"' 

The  difficulty  created  by  the  entire  omission  of  this  stamp  from  the  Post 
Office  List  of  June,  1S50,  and  the  absence  of  any  postal  rate  of  2  cents, 
may  perhaps  be  solved  by  supposing  a  temporary  want  of  stamps,  and  an 
absence  of  the  proper  coloured  paper.  A  value  of  2  cents  clearly  could  be 
made  to  serve  such  an  emergency  by  using  the  required  numbers ;  and 
hence  I  hazard  the  supposition  that  to  a  need  of  this  kind  we  must  refer  the 
creation  of  this  value.  But  I  shall  be  extremely  glad  to  find  that  some 
enquirer  can  adduce  really  authentic  documents,  and  replace  my  conjectures 
by  ascertained  facts. 

The  pink  paper  strikes  me  as  rather  different,  viz.  thinner  in  substance 
than  those  which  I  take  to  be  printed  at  the  outset  in  June,  1850— a 
circumstance  small  perhaps,  but  more  consistent  with  my  theory  than  the 
reverse. 

I  believe  this  2  cents  to  be  one  of  the  rarest,  if  not  the  rarest  stamp  a 
collector  can  put  on  his  list  of  desiderata,  some  of  the  first  issue  of  Hawaii 
alone  rivalling  it  in  scarceness.  Mr.  Anderson,  quoting  Mr.  Luard's 
authority,  prices  it  at  £30 ;  I  should  have  thought  it  reasonably  worth 
double. 

The  date  of  the  issue  of  1850  has  been  incontestably  settled  by  the  Gazette 
notice  quoted  in  Mr.  Bacon's  paper  as  1st  July,  1850. 

The  earliest  postmark  I  have  noted  is  8  July,  1850,  on  a  blue  12  cents  of 
ordinary  shade  ;  by  "  ordinary  "  I  mean  to  exclude  both  the  very  light  blue 
and  the  indigo  shades.  This  stamp  was  in  my  own  collection  when  acquired 
by  Mr.  Ferrary. 

(b)  In  natural  order  the  design  and  constitution  of  the  die  come  next  for 
consideration. 

The  design  of  this  issue  is  very  simple.  A  single  line,  obviously  intended 
to  be  circular,  outlines  the  stamp,  within  which,  following  the  curve  very 
irregularly,  are  the  words  British  guiaxa,  in  Roman  capitals.  The  value 
is  printed  in  one  straight  line  in  the  centre,  in  smaller  type. 

A  little  time  spent  in  examining  a  sufficiently  large  number  of  specimens 
will  show  that  the  same  stamp  occurs  in  various  values,  the  figures  before 
"  Cents  "  alone  being  changed.  As  we  know  the  stamps  were  typographed, 
probably  the  construction  was  by  forming  the  circular  fine  in  type-metal, 
and  filling  in  the  central  part  with  ordinary  types,  blocked  in,  and  having 
only  the  small  space  for  the  figures  of  value  left  adjustable  with  hollow 
leads.  The  lettering  does  not  appear  to  my  eye  as  if  engraved  on  the  block ; 
the  various  angles  made  by  the  letters  with  each  other,  each  letter  being 
quite  perfect  in  form,  lead  me  to  this  conclusion.  The  distortion  is  most 
evident  in  the  position  of  the  "  i's  "  in  British  ;  this  letter,  being  very 
thin,  perhaps  was  more  unmanageable,  and  not  so  easy  to  set  at  the  proper 
curve.  The  printing,  moreover,  shows  the  marks  of  the  letters  through  the 
paper  in  a  manner  which  would  hardly  be  the  case  if  they  had  been  engraved 
on  the  even  face  of  a  block  prepared  for  the  purpose. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  I  venture  to  dissent  from  Mr.  Bacon's  view  that 
the  dies  were  engraved,  the  figure  of  value  only  being  changed ;  I  must 
adhere,  notwithstanding  his  authority,  to  my  original  statement  of  1865  in 


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this  respect.  No  doubt  the  outer  circle  was  "  engraved,"  in  the  sense  of  a 
circular  line— and  a  very  irregular  one  too — having  been  produced  in  type- 
metal  ;  in  many  specimens  the  join  at  the  two  ends  is  observable.  My  view 
is,  that  had  the  outer  circle  been  engraved  on  the  block,  the  veriest  tyro  in 
the  art  would  have  secured  a  more  regular  figure  with  his  compasses,  and 
the  lettering  would  also  have  been  adjusted  to  the  curve.  The  central  line 
of  value  was  in  like  manner  filled  in  ;  but  I  agree  that  the  figures  which 
precede  "  Cents  "  were  changed  as  required. 

It  is  hardly  worth  while  discussing  what  I  wrote  in  1865,  when  only  seven 
stamps  in  all  of  this  issue  were  known  to  exist  in  England,  and  I  had  access 
to  but  five  of  these.  Probably  not  a  dozen,  including  the  seven,  were  then 
in  Emope.  But  that  each  of  the  three  values  was  set  up  separately,  in  the 
sense  that  it  was  entirely  reconstructed,  is  now  known  not  to  be  the  case  ; 
the  figures  of  value  were  alone  changed,  inasmuch  as  we  have  seen  in  recent 
years  stamps  of  different  values  identical  save  in  these  figures. 

But  whether  engraved  on  the  block,  or  (as  I  think)  movable  types  were 
leaded  up  to  form  the  block,  it  is  pretty  evident  that,  once  formed,  the 
blocks  themselves  remained  intact  during  the  time  they  were  in  use,  the 
figures  alone  being  varied. 

This  is  rendered  clear  by  the  discovery,  which  Mr.  Bacon  refers  to,  of  two 
pairs  in  which  the  blocks  occupy  relatively  different  positions  to  each  other, 
proving  that  in  preparing  for  press  the  blocks  were  set  up  into  the  form  in 
different  order  at  the  printings  made  from  time  to  time — doubtless  as  they 
came  to  hand — and  without  any  attempt  to  reproduce  the  exact  positions 
occupied  by  each  block  in  the  former  printing. 

This  fact  is  of  importance  to  establish,  as,  if  correct,  it  shows  that  the 
various  types  were  constant,  though  differently  placed  on  the  sheet.  We 
may  exclude,  therefore,  the  idea  of  differences  in  type  of  the  individual 
stamp  denoting  new  editions. 

I  have  now  to  approach  the  more  difficult  question  of  the  number  of  types 
and  stamps  to  the  sheet.  Two  sources  of  information  are  open  to  an 
enquirer.  First,  what  the  stamps  themselves  tell  us  (and  here,  if  we  observe 
attentively,  we  ought  not  to  go  wrong) ;  and  next,  what  is  communicated, 
as  the  lawyers  say,  aliunde. 

The  late  Mr.  Pemberton  and  myself  kept  a  careful  register  of  all  the 
stamps  Ave  saw,  both  of  this  and  of  the  oblong  issue  of  1856 ;  we  noted 
shades  of  colour,  initials,  and  postmarks,  in  the  expectation  of  their  one  day 
being  of  use  for  this  enquiry. 

After  the  great  "  finds  "  of  these  stamps  by  Mr.  Wyatt  in  1877  and  1878, 
I  examined  upwards  of  100  stamps  of  all  values  of  this  issue  critically, 
besides  many  others,  more  or  less  imperfect,  and  which  yielded  no  result 
whatever  to  investigation. 

We  (I  speak  of  Mr.  Pemberton  and  myself)  found  nine  distinct  types  in 
the  12  cents,  blue,  several  of  them  being  reproduced  exactly  (save  figures  of 
value)  in  the  other  denominations. 

To  test  identity  of  a  type,  we  took  the  two  capital  letters  "  i "  in  British, 
and  prolonged  them  in  straight  lines,  seeing  where  these  prolongations 
intersected  ;  and  we  found  this  method  give  unfailingly  a  correct  result. 

We  thus  have  at  least  nine  types.  Mr.  Dalton  said  they  were  printed 
from  "  time  to  time  "  as  wanted.  If  the  blocks  remained  undisturbed  within 
the  outer  line  from  printing  to  printing,  nine  types  do  exist— and  not  the 


i24  NOTES    ON    THE    EARLIER    ISSUES    OF    BRITISH    GUIANA. 

less  so  because  the  sheet  was  made  up  by  placing  the  blocks  in  different 
relative  positions  to  each  other. 

From  a  comparison  of  dates  in  the  postmarks,  I  am  confirmed  in  thinking 
the  centres  of  the  blocks  were  not  set  up  new,  but  that  they  remained,  and 
consequently  that  the  nine  types  ought  to  be  found  on  the  same  sheet. 

But  clearly  nine  is  not  the  number  on  the  entire  sheet,  if  information 
given  me  is  to  be  accepted  as  accurate.  I  am  informed,  through  one  of  my 
correspondents,  that  these  sheets  were  not  larger  than  those  on  which  the 
provisional  issue  of  1862  was  printed;  that  is,  averaging  4x5|  in.,  or 
100x140  mm.  26  mm.  is  the  average  diameter  of  each  stamp.  The 
interval  between  them  horizontally  in  some  instances  is  as  much  as  14  mm., 
while  others  show  no  more  than  5  mm.  between  individuals.  Four  stamps 
would  occupy  104  mm.   if  placed  touching,  leaving  about  36  mm.    for 

marginal  edges  and  intervals  ;  the  average  interval,    '*   — 9'5  mm.,  would 

just  allow  four  to  a  row,  if  the  paper  was  140  mm.  wide.  Three  stamps 
would  occupy  78  mm.  if  touching,  leaving  vertically  22  mm.  for  edges  and 
intervals,  a  rather  closer  fit  than  horizontally.  As  Mr.  Bacon  told  us, 
vertically  they  were  cut  off  close.  I  have  noted  one  copy  with  about  5  mm. 
margin,  and  it  is  cut  square,  showing  no  trace  of  its  neighbour  ;  so  that  the 
interval  of  22  mm.  is  about  right  for  three  rows. 

This  all  points  to  twelve  stamps  on  the  sheet ;  and  it  may  be  taken  that 
there  could  not  be  more,  unless  the  sheet  were  of  larger  dimensions.  All, 
therefore,  hinges  on  the  accuracy  of  my  informant,  except  the  fact  of  nine 
types  be  considered  to  point  to  the  same  conclusion.  So  far  as  I  am  enabled 
to  judge,  it  is  some  indication,  and  consistent  with  the  twelve  types. 

But  now  I  must  refer  to  the  sheets  of  the  provisional  issue  of  1862. 
Measuring  the  largest  of  all  that  came  into  my  hands,  I  found  145  x  107  mm. 
was  the  size  ;  140  x  100  mm.  is,  however,  the  usual  measurement. 

I  have  recently  examined  copies  again ;  and  while  I  find  on  the  1  cent 
untouched  upper  and  right-hand  edges  of  4  mm.  wide,  the  two  other  edges 
are  as  clearly  hand-cut,  and  that  not  very  straight  or  cleverly;  and  the 
4  cents  is  hand-cut  all  round  within  a  4  mm.  distance. 

Now  the  press  (12  x  18  in.)  at  which  these  were  printed  would  easily  take 
a  sheet  measuring  8  x  5|  in.,  or  double  4 x  5^  in.,  or  even  one  four  times  the 
size  (16  x  5^  in.).  Why  I  trouble  you  with  these  figures  will  appear  in  a 
minute  ;  for  one  of  the  printers,  speaking  from  recollection,  supposed  there 
were  twenty-four,  another  forty-eight  stamps  to  the  sheet.  Therefore 
there  were  either  twenty-four  or  forty-eight  distinct  types  on  the  sheet,  or 
the  paper  must  have  gone  twice  or  four  times  under  the  press — a  fact  which 
the  cut  edges  of  the  1862  sheet  apparently  tend  to  establish. 

But  the  number  of  types  would  in  the  two  latter  cases  still  remain  twelve. 
Surely  more  than  nine  types  would  have  been  observed,  in  the  great 
numbers  of  stamps  we  have  seen,  if  there  had  been  twenty-four,  a  fortiori 
if  there  had  been  forty-eight  on  the  sheet.  In  the  present  state  of  the 
information  I  am  led  to  the  conclusion  that  the  sheet  was  composed  of 
twelve  stamps  arranged  in  three  rows  vertically,  thus  giving  four  stamps  in 
the  rows  horizontally. 

A  curious  incident  may  here  be  mentioned.  Mr.  Pemberton  received  in 
1878  a  very  fine  group  of  this  issue,  in  which  were  two  12  cents,  on  deep 
indigo  blue,  roughly  torn  apart  by  hand,  and  showing  a  peculiarly  irregular 


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line  of  separation.  One  of  these  was  acquired  by  Mr.  Image,  from  whom 
it  passed  into  the  hands  of  Mr.  Tapling ;  the  other  fell  to  me,  and  went  to 
Mr.  Ferrary,  and  ultimately  came  to  Mr.  Tapling,  who  united  them,  and 
they  may  now  be  seen  in  his  collection  fitted  together  as  before  the 
severance  ! 

PAPER. 

I  have  already  noticed  that  the  pink  paper  used  for  the  2  c.  value  is 
slightly  thinner  than  the  usual  texture  of  the  issue. 

Of  the  yellow  paper  used  for  the  4  cents,  we  have  a  somewhat  thick, 
soft-textured  quality  in  two  shades — viz.,  a  full  orange  and  a  clear  canary- 
yellow — and  also  a  paper  thin  in  substance,  being  almost  gauze  or  pelure, 
somewhat  harder  in  texture,  and  of  a  pale  lemon-yellow.  This  last  was,  I 
believe,  also  latest  in  point  of  time  of  issue.     I  speak  from  postmarks. 

The  first,  or  orange-colour,  I  have  seen  postmarked  as  early  as  2  August, 

1850,  while  I  have  not  found  the  pelure  dated  earlier  than  the  autumn  of 

1851,  although  illegible  copies  which  have  passed  through  my  hands  perhaps 
bear  an  earlier  date. 

In  the  "find"  of  1877— both  by  Mr.  Wyatt,  and  of  those  which  came 
through  the  manager  of  the  Colonial  Bank  at  George  Town  (the  pick  of 
which  latter  Mr.  E.  Stanley  Gibbons  had  to  dispose  of) — the  numbers  of 
this  value  on  thick  and  thin  papers  were  about  equal.  Mr.  Pemberton  just 
previously  had  five  on  thin,  and  three  on  thick  paper  sent  him,  and  believing 
at  the  time  that  the  former  were  "  impossibles,"  asked  and  obtained  ,£84  for 
two  specimens.  When  they  came  over  in  number  showing  their  rarity  had 
been  overestimated,  Mr.  Pemberton  was  the  first  to  go  to  his  purchaser,  and 
put  the  matter  on  a  proper  footing — an  example  of  the  good  faith  for  which, 
among  many  other  qualities,  his  name  is  held  dear  to  us,  and  which  might 
be  advantageously  followed  even  at  this  day. 

Of  the  green  paper  used  for  the  8  cents  little  need  be  said  ;  it  is  always 
thick  and  soft  in  texture.  Like  that  of  the  4  c,  orange,  the  variations  in 
shade  are  hardly  perceptible  in  this,  the  rarest  value  of  the  three. 

But  when  we  get  to  the  12  c,  blue,  the  most  frequently  met  with  of  all 
the  values,  we  find  two  kinds  of  paper  and  three  distinct  shades  :  (1)  a  clear 
blue,  light  in  shade,  paper,  thick  and  soft  in  texture;  (2)  a  darker  blue 
paper,  of  similar  quality ;  (3)  a  deep  blue  or  indigo  paper,  somewhat  closer 
and  thinner. 

I  have  met  with  a  12  cents  on  paper  No.  2  dated  in  July,  1850,  clearly 
showing  the  early  use  of  this  coloured  paper.  From  the  demand  for  this 
value  being  greatest  of  all,  copies  are  more  abundant ;  but  after  diligent 
collation  I  have  not  found  a  light  blue  (paper  No.  1)  postmarked  before 
25  January,  1851,  nor  a  deep  blue  on  paper  No.  3  till  the  autumn  of  that 
year.  Again  I  must  protest  that,  owing  to  so  many  copies  being  illegible 
in  date.  I  may  be  drawing  a  false  inference. 

In  deciding  the  relative  order  of  the  papers  in  point  of  time,  it  is  natural 
to  suppose  the  printers  used  as  uniform  kinds  as  they  could  find  to  start 
with.  Accordingly,  if  I  take  the  green  paper  as  a  criterion  (and  this  paper 
did  not  vary),  we  get  on  identical  paper,  save  the  colour,  the  4  c.  on  orange, 
and  the  12  c.  on  medium  blue ;  and  I  think  I  am  not  very  far  wrong  in 
supposing  these  three  values  were  issued  on  1st  July,  1850.  We  then  have 
the  canary-yellow  4  c,  and  the  lightest  blue  12  c.  too,  on  paper  similar  in 
quality,  and  possibly  contemporaneous.     But  the  pink  2  c,  as  already 


126  SOME   TASMANIAN    STAMPS. 

explained,  the  lemon  4  c.  on  peltcre,  and  the  12  cents  on  deep  blue,  all 
appear  of  the  later  printings. 

The  adhesive  gum  on  the  backs  is  thick,  and  sometimes  stains  a  dark  hue 
through  the  stamp. 

There  yet  remains  to  be  considered  the  initialling,  or  paraphe.  Mr. 
Dalton  has  told  us  they  were  "  initialled  by  me,"  and  his  accuracy  is  con- 
firmed by  the  majority  of  specimens.  "  But  when  he  was  absent,  or  unable 
to  discharge  that  duty,  others  did  it  in  his  place.  The  initials  of  Mr.  Dalton 
(E.  T.  E.  D.),  Mr.  Wight  (E.  D.  W.),  and  Mr.  Smith  (J.  B.  S.)  are  known. 
Mr.  Bacon  gives  H.  A.  K.  or  H.  A.  B.  as  unknown.  The  last  letter  is  K, 
and  not  B.  This  is  H.  A.  Kilkelly,  a  clerk  in  the  Post  Office  at  George 
Town.  W.  H.  L.  are  the  only  remaining  initials  I  have  deciphered,  and  I 
am  not  able  to  state  to  whom  these  belong  ;  but  he  initialled  stamps  which 
passed  through  the  post  in  1850 — sometimes,  as  a  stamp  now  in  Mr.  Ferrary's 
collection  will  show,  in  pencil,  but  oftener  in  ink,  both  red  and  black. 

I  think  there  must  be  a  slight  inaccuracy  where  Mr.  Bacon's  paper  (p.  91 
ante)  describes  Mr.  Wight  and  Mr.  Smith  as  clerks  in  the  Colonial  and 
Imperial  Departments  of  the  Post  Office  respectively.  They  were  both,  as 
my  informant  says,  clerks  in  the  Colonial  Post  Office  at  George  Town 
(Demerara)  under  Mr.  Dalton,  who  would  have  been  greatly  surprised  to 
hear  he  had  Imperial  and  Colonial  "  Departments  "  in  his  Office  in  1850. 

The  values  assigned  to  specimens  of  this  issue  by  Mr.  Anderson's  cor- 
respondent are  instructive  ;  but  I  think  European  collectors  would  consider 
them,  on  the  whole,  as  reasonable.  Certainly  the  figures  obtained  at  the 
recent  auctions  in  London  justify  them.  In  the  1856  issue,  the  prices  put 
on  the  blue  4  cents  (<£4  and  £8)  are  far  under  their  current  values  here. 


SOME    TASMANIAN    STAMPS 

By  A.  F.  BASSET  HULL. 


[The  following  paper  has  been  sent  to  us  for  publication. —Ed.  ] 

THE  NEWSPAPER  DUTY  STAMP  OP   1827. 

Colonel  (afterwards  Sir  George)  Arthur,  fourth  Lieutenant-Governor  of 
Van  Diemen's  Land,  arrived  in  the  Adrian,  on  the  12th  May,  1824.  Prior 
to  his  arrival,  the  colonial  Press  existed  only  in  name,  the  Hobart  Town 
Gazette  being  under  the  control  of  the  Governor  for  the  time  being  ;  it  had 
been  established  by  Mr.  Andrew  Bent,  and  its  articles  represented  the  views 
of  the  ruler,  and,  perhaps,  at  that  time  those  of  the  people  also. 

On  the  arrival  of  Governor  Arthur,  Bent  determined  to  throw  off  official 
supervision,  and  claimed  a  property  in  the  title  of  the  Gazette.  Money  had 
been  lent  him  by  the  Government  for  the  purchase  of  material,  but  this  he 
was  expected  to  repay.  His  right  to  the  property,  questioned  by  Arthur, 
was  allowed  on  reference  to  the  Governor-in-Chief  (of  New  South  Wales). 


SOME    TASMAN1AN    STAMPS.  127 

Arthur  was  at  first  willing  to  countenance  a  newspaper,  which,  if  con- 
ducted aright,  would  be  a  useful  agency  in  counteracting  the  social  evils 
that  existed,  and  for  a  short  time  he  tolerated  the  liberty  of  the  Press.  But 
this  toleration  was  of  short  duration. 

Bent  engaged  Evan  Henry  Thomas  as  editor,  and  Robert  Lathrop  Murray 
as  a  contributor  under  the  nom  de  plume  of  "Colonist."  The  latter  ad- 
dressed his  letters  to  Governor  Arthur,  whose  strict  policy  he  censured, 
contrasting  it  with  the  pleasant  indifference  of  his  predecessor.  Murray's 
letters  becoming  bolder,  his  patriotic  zeal  sometimes  overstepped  the  bounds 
of  discretion,  and  reflecting  on  the  doings  of  the  new  ruler,  he  denounced 
him  as  "the  Gibeonite  of  tyranny."  Criminal  proceedings  were  taken 
against  the  printer  for  libel,  and  Bent  was  fined  ilOO.  The  Government 
printing  was  taken  from  him,  and  Arthur  resolved  to  issue  a  Government 
Gazette  (Jan.,  1825).  It  contained  articles  of  news  and  politics,  as  well  as 
Government  notices. 

Bent  appealed  against  the  piracy  of  his  title,  and  it  was  decided  in  his 
favour.  But  he  did  not  press  his  claim ;  for  on  August  19th,  1825,  his 
Hobart  Town  Gazette  ceased  to  exist,  and  he  commenced  the  publication  of 
the  Colonial  Times. 

Arthur,  however,  resolved  to  put  down  the  liberty  of  the  Press,  and  to 
that  end,  in  September,  1827,  he  passed  an  Act  of  the  Legislative  Council, 
8  Geo.  4,  No.  3,  intituled  "  An  act  for  imposing  a  duty  upon  newspapers 
and  upon  all  licences  to  print  and  publish  the  same. 

This  Act  stated  in  its  preamble  that  it  was  expedient  to  provide  a  fund 
for  defraying  the  charges  of  printing  the  public  Acts,  proclamations,  orders, 
and  notices  of  the  Government  of  the  colony,  by  means  of  a  stamp  duty 
upon  all  newspapers  and  other  papers  and  pamphlets  containing  public  news 
or  intelligence,  or  serving  the  purpose  of  a  newspaper,  printed  within  the 
Island  of  Van  Diemen's  Land,  or  any  of  the  dependencies  thereof ;  and 
upon  all  licences  for  printing  and  publishing  the  same  respectively,  and 
enacted : 

1.  That  on  and  after  October  15th  of  that  year  (1827),  there  should  be 
levied  upon  every  sheet,  half-sheet,  or  other  piece  of  paper  whereof  any 
newspaper  printed  in  the  Island  should  consist,  a  sum  of  3d. 

2.  That  the  Colonial  Treasurer  should  provide  and  use  proper  and  sufficient 
stamps  for  expressing  upon  such  newspapers  the  said  duty,  and  to  alter  and 
renew  such  stamps  as  occasion  might  require. 

The  Act  also  contained  a  provision  for  the  reduction  of  the  duty  to  any 
less  sum  ;  that  all  persons  receiving  unstamped  papers  were  liable  to  a 
penalty  of  i>20,  and  that  the  Act  was  to  continue  in  force  until  the  15th 
day  of  October,  1829. 

In  the  Hobart  Town  Gazette  of  October  20th,  1827,  the  following  notice 
appeared : 

16th  October,  1827. 
His  Excellency  the  Governor  has  been  pleased,  by  an  order  for  that  pur- 
pose made  with  the  advice  of  the  Executive  Council,  to  reduce  the  stamp 
duty  on  newspapers  from  threepence  to  twopence  sterling, 

By  command  of  His  Excellency, 

J.  Burxett. 

Under  this  Act,  which  also  made  the  granting  of  a  licence,  and,  consequently, 
the  continuance  of  a  paper,  dependent  on  the  Governor's  pleasure,  Bent  applied 


128  SOME   TASMANIAN    STAMPS. 

to  licence  his  Colonial  Times;  he  was  refused  permission,  and,  in  conse- 
quence of  this  restriction,  the  Colonial  Times  was  published  on  the  19th 
October,  1827,  without  any  political  or  other  information,  except  that 
furnished  by  advertisements.  It  appeared  in  deep  mourning,  the  columns 
for  leading  articles  and  general  news  being  left  blank.  By  an  advertise- 
ment it  was  explained  to  subscribers  that  the  journal  had  "  neither  a  stamp 
nor  a  licence  for  news."  For  the  publication  of  this  unlicenced  advertising 
sheet  Bent  was  imprisoned  for  one  month. 

This  arbitrary  Act  was  not  allowed  to  pass  imnoticed  by  the  colonists.  And 
address  from  the  leading  magistrates,  merchants,  and  citizens  was  presented 
to  the  Governor,  remonstrating  against  the  restrictions  to  which  the  Press 
was  subject,  denouncing  them  as  "  needless,  unconstitutional,  and  debasing 
— an  insult  to  the  colony,  and  contrary  to  the  implied  engagements  of  the 
Crown  when  emigration  was  invited."  Arthur  replied  that,  "As  long  as 
the  colony  was  a  place  for  the  reception  of  convicts,  the  Press  could  not 
be  free ;  that  it  was  dangerous  to  authority,  and  calculated  to  destroy  the 
security  of  domestic  life."  The  colonists  then  forwarded  a  strong  appeal  to 
the  Secretary  of  State,  who  disallowed  the  Colonial  Act,  and  the  Press  was 
set  free  ;  but  not  before  Arthur  had  achieved  his  object  in  suppressing  and 
keeping  the  colonial  Press  under  his  own  hand  from  1827  to  1829. 

The  stamp  which  was  impressed  on  the  newspapers  to  denote  the  tax 
imposed  by  the  obDoxious  Act  was  of  the  following  description : 

Crown  in  double-lined  circle  coDtaining  the  legend  "Van  Diemen's  Land," 
and  surrounding  the  outer  circle  the  words  "  Newspaper  Duty  "  above,  and 
"Twopence"  below.  Handstamped  in  black  from  15th  October  to  27th 
October,  1827,  in  orange  from  28th  October,  1827,  to  20th  June,  1829,  and 
in  shades  of  vermilion  to  orange  from  that  date  until  17th  October,  1829. 

Authorities,  Hobart  Town,  Gazette— 1827 -9,  and  West's  and  Fenton's 
Histories  of  Tasmania. 

{To  be  continued). 


Stanley,  Gibbons  &  Co.,  8,  Gower  Street,  London,  W.C. 


Sftaj  f)Mto$j[  3w&> 


Vol.  XI.  JULY,    1889.  No.  127. 


XTHOUGH  the  old  proverb  runs  to  the  effect  that  a 
gift  horse  should  not  have  his  mouth  too  closely 
examined,  yet  it  is  hard  to  feel  unmixed  gratitude 
when  the  gift  falls  short  of  what  we  think  we  ought 
reasonably  to  receive.  There  is  a  good  deal  of  nice 
arithmetical  calculation  in  the  late  Post  Office  boon, 
and  something  also,  we  think,  of  special  pleading  in  the  replies 
which  have  been  made  to  questions  in  Parliament  on  the  subject. 
On  the  1st  of  the  present  month  the  Post  Office  reduced  the 
prices  of  post  cards  to  5£d.  per  10  for  the  thin  ones,  and  to  6d.  per 
10  for  the  thick  ones,  which  we  have  heard  is  a  clearance  sale  of 
old  stock  preparatory  to  introducing  a  new  thick  card  at  6d.  per  10. 
The  alteration  in  the  scale  of  prices  makes  a  difference  on  the 
estimated  quantity  required  for  the  service  of  the  year — namely, 
80,000,000  of  thick  ones  and  70,000,000  of  thin  ones,  which 
latter  are  only  cards  in  Post  Office  parlance — of  upwards  of 
£22,000  a  year  on  the  former  and  about  £10,000  a  year  on  the 
latter,  the  major  part  of  which  represents  extra-ordinary  profits 
of  the  contractors,  which  are  thus  transferred  from  their  pockets 
to  those  of  the  consumers.  Hitherto  very  good  post  cards  have 
been  obtainable  at  many  stationers  for  7d.  per  dozen.  The  Post 
Office,  therefore,  in  selling  the  thick  cards  at  6d.  per  10,  are 
within  a  fraction  of  the  price  charged  by  stationers,  who  had  to 
pay  to  the  Government  Is.  6d.  per  1008  for  the  printing.  The 
authorities,  while  reducing  the  price  of  their  own  cards,  have 
now  raised  the  charge  for  printing  to  2s.  6d.,  so  that  the  cost  is 
nearly  equalised.  The  measure  is  defended  on  the  ground,  not 
that  it  is  a  protective  charge  in  favour  of  the  Government  cards, 
but  to  make  up  in  some  degree  the  loss  that  the  Post  Office  incurs 


130  THE   PHILATELIC   RECORD.^ 

by  the  halfpenny  rate  of  postage.  There  seems  to  be  a  constant 
harping  upon  this  string.  We  certainly  saw  it  stated,  in  the 
evidence  given  before  the  committee,  that  there  was  a  loss  on  the 
halfpenny  postage;  but  the  halfpenny  postage  includes  a  good 
many  other  things  besides  post  cards.  From  the  Postmaster- 
General's  last  report  we  find  that  the  number  of  articles  chargeable 
under  the  book- post  rate,  dealt  with  by  the  Post  Office,  was 
one-fourth  of  the  number  of  letters,  that  the  number  of  post  cards 
was  one-eighth,  and  of  newspapers  one-tenth.  Of  course  this 
latter  is  very  small  as  compared  with  the  number  sold,  the  greater 
part  being  distributed  by  agents  receiving  their  packages  by 
railway  many  hours  in  advance  of  the  post.  Doubtless  there  is 
a  loss  on  that  business  of  the  Post  Office  when  weekly  papers 
weighing  ten  ounces  are  conveyed  for  a  halfpenny.  Still  even 
supposing  that  there  is  a  trifling  loss  to  the  Post  Office  on  the 
transmission  of  halfpenny  post  cards,  it  is  a  mistake  to  cripple  what 
may  be  considered  as  the  real  business  of  the  Post  Office  by  a 
too  hard  and  fast  line  as  to  whether  the  particular  branch,  so  useful 
to  the  general  community,  pays  or  not;  but  to  bolster  it  up  by 
charging  a  profit  on  the  sale,  and  mulcting  the  stationers  by  an 
extra  Is.  per  1000,  is  introducing  an  entirely  new  feature  into  this 
branch  of  the  business.  The  original  intention  was  to  do  what 
was  being  done  in  other  countries.  The  post  cards  were  issued 
for  eighteen  months  at  facial  value.  Then  the  stationers  grumbled, 
and  a  halfpenny  per  dozen  was  put  on  as  a  protective  charge  in 
their  favour.  In  1875  the  thick  cards  were  issued,  and  the  prices 
fixed  were  8d.  per  dozen  for  them  and  7d.  for  the  thin  ones,  on 
the  ground  that  a  smaller  charge  would  not  cover  the  cost  of 
production.  Now  the  ground  has  again  been  shifted,  and  we 
hear  that  the  Post  Office  wants  the  profit  beyond  the  cost  of 
production,  and  the  extra  Is.  from  the  stationers,  to  balance 
its  halfpenny  postage  account,  thus  turning  the  tables  on  the 
stationers  by  protecting  itself  against  the  very  people  who  in 
1872  it  protected. 

When  the  price  of  post  cards  was  raised  in  1872  to  6Jd.  per 
dozen,  the  public  was  authorised,  as  a  compensation,  to  send  cards 
to  be  stamped  at  Somerset  House  without  charge.  Some  twelve 
years  after,  this  privilege  was  abolished,  and  the  Government 
printed  them  at  Is.  6d.  per  1008,  which,  as  we  have  said,  has  now 
been  made  into  2s.  6d. 

In  truth,  any  charge  beyond  the  facial  value  cannot  be  sup- 


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ported  on  principle.     No  wonder  then  that  the  Government  is 
continually  shifting  its  reasons  for  imposing  it. 

Since  writing  the  above  we  have  seen  the  new  post  cards  sold 
at  6d.  per  10.  They  are  of  good  quality,  rather  better  than  those 
commonly  sold  by  stationers,  and  a  trifle  thinner  than  the  former 
issues.  They  are  also  lighter,  as  11  weigh  rather  less  than  10  of 
the  former  issue. 


Argentine  Republic. — The  stamp  of  \  centavo  as  applied  to  a 
wrapper,  which  we  so  recently  described,  has  had  but  a  very  limited 
reign.  It  is  now  replaced  by  one  of  the  type 
in  the  annexed  engraving.  The  envelope  has 
been  relegated  to  the  foot  of  the  stamp,  and  the 
post-horn  no  longer  exists.  The  impression  is  on 
a  wrapper  of  straw-coloured  paper,  240  x  162  mm., 
inscribed  in  black  with  republica  Argentina — 

IMPRESOS. 
Wrapper.     |  centavo,  brown,  on  straw-coloured  paper. 

Barbados. — From  Le  Timbre-Poste  we  learn  that  the  two  sizes 
F  and  H,  of  registration  envelopes,  have  been  issued  bearing  the 
imprint  of  "De  La  Eue  and  Co.,"  in  place  of  that  of  "McCor- 
quodale  and  Co." 
Registered  Envelope.     2  pence,  blue  ;  sizes  F  and  H.,  imprint  of  tl  Be  La 
Rue  and  Co." 

Brazil. — The  wrappers  we  so  recently  described  have  already 
been  superseded  by  a  new  issue,  to  correct  the  errors  of  orthography 
that  existed  in  the  values  on  the  stamps.  The  values  "  Veinte," 
"Cuaranta,"  and  "Sesenta"  have  been  altered  to  "Vinte," 
"  Quaranta,"  and  "  Sessanta." 

Wrappers.     20  reis,  violet  on  whity-brown  ;  altered  type. 
40     ,,    blue  „  ,, 

60    ,,    brown  ,,  ,, 

British  Guiana. — A  correspondent  informs  us  that  the  whole 
of  the  first  batch  of  "  Two  Cents,"  mentioned  in  our  last,  amount- 
ing to  about  30,000,  was  bought  up  within  a  few  days  after  the 
stamp  made  its  appearance.  The  further  sale  was  then  suspended, 
and  the  Postmaster-General  ordered  a  special  overprint  of  "  2,"  in 
red,  to  be  added,  a  specimen  of  which  another  correspondent  has 
sent  us,  which  he  received  on  a  letter  at  the  end  of  last  month. 
Specimens  of  the  issue  without  the  additional  overprint  that  have 
been  used  postally  will  be  rare,  and  we  would  advise  collectors 
to  purchase  postmarked  specimens  only  on  the  original  letters. 

2  cents  (fiscal  stamp),  purple,  overprinted  in  black. 

2     „  „  „  „  „      and  red. 

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Bulgaria. — We  annex  an  engraving  of  the  5\ 
stamp  of  the  new  type  described  in  our  number 
for  May  last. 

Canada. — Mr.  Donald  A.  King  has  sent  us  a 
notice  issued  by  Mr.  J.  C.  Haccart,  Postmaster- 
General  of  the  Dominion,  on  the  8th  May  last, 
making  the  following  alterations  in  the  rates  of 
postage : 

"  The  rate  of  postage  upon  letters  posted  in  Canada,  addressed  to  places 
within  the  Dominion  or  in  the  United  States,  will  be  3  cents  per  ounce 
instead  of  3  cents  per  half  ounce,  as  heretofore. 

"  Upon  drop  letters  posted  at  an  office  from  which  letters  are  delivered  by 
letter  carrier  the  postage  rate  will  be  2  cents  per  ounce  instead  of  1  cent,  per 
half  ounce.  The  rate  of  postage  upon  drop  letters,  except  in  the  cities  where 
free  delivery  by  letter  carrier  has  been  established,  will  be  1  cent,  per  ounce. 

"  The  fee  for  the  registration  of  a  letter  or  other  article  of  mail  matter  will 
be  5  cents  upon  all  classes  of  correspondence  passing  within  the  Dominion. 
For  the  present,  and  until  further  instructed,  the  registration  fee  may  be 
prepaid  by  using  the  2  cent,  registration  stamps  and  postage  stamps  to  make 
up  the  amount. 

"Letters  insufficiently  prepaid  will  be  charged  double  the  deficiency  as 
heretofore,  provided  at  least  a  partial  prepayment  has  been  made. 

"Letters  posted  wholly  unpaid  will  be  sent  to  the  Dead  Letter  Office  for 
return  to  the  writer." 

The  registration  stamp  of  2  cents  will  be  done  away  with  as 
soon  as  the  present  stock  is  exhausted.  The  latest  impressions 
come  to  hand  in  pale  and  dark  brick -red. 

Registration  Stamp.     2  cents,  pale  and  dark  brick-red. 

Colombia. — The  Timbre-Poste  has  received  the  5  pesos,  type  of 
May,  1883,  inscribed  "e.e.u.u.  de  Colombia,"  perforated  11. 
Adhesive.     5  pesos,  light  brown  on  yellowish  ;  perforated  11. 

Curacao. — Der  Philatelist  announces  the  issue  of  a  series  of 
unpaid  letter  stamps  similar  to  those  of  Surinam  in  green,  with  the 
numeral  in  black. 

Adhesives. 
2|  cents,  green  and  black. 


5 
10 
12* 
15 


20  cents,  green  and  black. 
25     „ 
30     „ 
40     „ 
50     „ 


French  Colonies. — Gabon. — The  Timbre-Poste  mentions  that 
M.  de  St.  Saud  has  received  the  10  centimes,  black  on  violet, 
type  1881,  surcharged  in  black  with  "  25."  The  stamp  came  on 
an  envelope  with  other  stamps  already  known,  and  he  supposes 
that  the  issue  must  have  been  made  after  the  decree  of  February, 
1889. 

Adhesive.     25  on  10  c,  black  on  violet,  surcharged  in  black  ;  perf.  13|. 

The  same  journal  also  states  that  this  colony,  driven  to  ex- 
tremities, has  issued  two  postage  stamps  of  an  entirely  new  type, 
which,  according  to  the  description,  must  be  of  a  design  both  simple 
and  original.     Within  an  oblong  frame  is  gabon — congo  at  the 


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top,  followed  below  by  postes.  republique  francaise  is  intro- 
duced diagonally  from  the  left  upper  angle  to  the  right  lower 
one,  and  the  numeral  of  value  is  in  the  left  lower  angle.  We 
are  not  told  if  this  elaborate  stamp  is  gummed  or  perforated. 

15  centimes,  black  on  pink. 
25        „  „        green. 

Guadaloupe. — Annexed    is     an 
showing  the  design  of  the  last  surcharge,  as 
chronicled  in  our  number  for  May  last. 

Adhesives. 
10  c.  on  40  c. ,  vermilion  on  yellow ;  surch.  in  black. 
15  c.  on  20  c,  brick-red  on  green  „ 

25  c.  on  30  c,  brown  on  bistre  „ 

Gambia. — Mr.  Campbell  writes  us  that  the  last  advices  from 
this  colony  show  the  Twopence  in  orange  and  the  Sixpence  in  blue. 

Adhesives.     2  pence,  orange  ;  wmk.  H?  C  A. 
6      ,,      blue  „ 

Gold  Coast. — The  following  of  the  current  type,  on  paper 
watermarked  1  CA,  and  perforated  14,  are 
announced. 

Adhesives.     1  shilling,  violet. 
2  shillings,  brown. 

The  Sixpence,  orange,  has  been  surcharged 
in  black  with  one   penny,   and   the    original 
value  most  effectually  obliterated  with  a  broad 
bar. 
Adhesive.     1  penny  on  6  pence,  orange  ;  wmk.  ig  C  A,  surch.  in  black. 

Great  Britain. — The  new  edition  of  the  white  post  cards  has 
been  issued.     They  are  somewhat  lighter  than  the  former  issue, 
as  10  of  the  latter  weigh  a  trifle  more  than  11  of  the  new  issue. 
Post  Card.     \  penny,  brown-red  on  white,  cheaper  issue. 

Greece. — From  Le  Timbre  we  have  the  following  particulars  of 
the  recent  printings  at  Athens  of  the  stamps  of  20  and  25  lepta. 
This  local  impression  is  anything  but  creditable  to  the  printers. 

The  first  Athens  impression  of  the  20  lepta  was  issued  in  March 
last  on  thin  paper  of  very  poor  quality,  but  a  second  issue  was 
made  at  the  end  of  April  in  a  darker  colour  and  on  watermarked 
paper;  while  on  the  10th  May  following  the  issue  was  made  on 
thicker  watermarked  paper  of  a  light  straw  colour.  On  the  same 
day  the  25  lepta,  indigo,  was  issued  on  watermarked  paper ;  while 
eight  days  later  it  appeared  in  sky-blue. 

The  watermark  occupies  a  space  of  nearly  one-half  of  the  sheet,  and 
is  XAPTH2  AHM02I0T  TIIHPE2IA2  (paper  for  the  public  service), 
and  below,  in  smaller  characters,  e.  X.,  abbreviation  for  EAAHNIKON 
XAPTOITOIEION  (Greek  paper  manufactory),  the  paper  being 
manufactured  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Athens. 

The  Greeks  made  a  muddle  not  only  of  the  printing,  but  of 
the  perforation.     The  machine  they  obtained  was  soon  put  out  of 


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order,  and  they  only  managed  to  perforate  a  few  sheets  of  the 
20  lepta,  which  were  all  sent  to  Syra,  and  issued  there  on  the 
28th  May. 
Adhesives.     20  lepta,  light  and  dark  carmine. 

20    ,,      carmine,  on  watermarked  paper. 

20     ,,  ,,  ,,  ,,  perforated  13J. 

25    ,,       indigo  and  sky-blue,  on  watermarked  paper. 

The  10  lepta  made  its  appearance  last  month  on  watermarked 
paper,  imperforated  of  course. 

Adhesive.     10  lepta,  orange,  on  watermarked  paper. 

Grenada. — We  are  informed  that  the  registration  envelopes, 
sizes  F  and  G,  now  bear  the  imprint  of  "  De  La  Eue  and  Co." 

Registration  Envelope.     2  pence,  sizes  F  and  G,  blue,  with  red  inscriptions ; 
imprint  of  "  De  La  Rue  and  Co." 

Newfoundland. — The  post  card  of  1  cent  has  been  doubled  in 
value  by  overprinting  the  original  value  in  the  oval  band  and  the 
upper  numerals  with  two  horizontal  black  lines  and  "  two  cents  " 
across  the  head  of  the  Queen.  The  lower  numerals  are  over- 
printed with  "2." 

Post  Card.     2  cents  on  1  cent,  green  on  buff,  surch.  in  black. 

New  South  Wales. — An  envelope  of  white  laid  paper  with 
the  centenary  stamp  of  Twopence,  of  the  ordinary  commercial 
size,  has  made  its  appearance. 

Envelope.     2  pence,  blue. 

New  Zealand. — The  newspaper  band  comes  to  hand,  280  x  96 
mm.,  with  a  wavy  border  round  the  instructions  and  fleurs  de  lys 
at  the  angles.  We  have  also  a  new  edition  of  the  reply  post 
card  of  One  Penny.  When  opened  out,  the  question  portion — 
with  reply  card — is  at  the  top  and  reply  card  at  the  bottom, 
so  that  when  folded  the  hinge  is  at  the  bottom,  and  is  rouletted 
on  a  thin  line  of  colour. 

Neivspaper  Rand.     -|  penny,  pink  on  yellowish-white. 

Reply  Post  Card.      1  +  1  penny,  brown-pink  on  buff ;  new  issue. 

Panama. — We  are  somewhat  sceptical  as  to  the  reported  sur- 
charge of  the  10  centavos  with  "5,"  as  mentioned  by  us  last 
month,  and  fear  that  it  belongs  to  the  numerous  family  of 
"  carrottes."  Our  enquiries  up  to  the  present  are  certainly  not  in 
favour  of  its  having  been  issued. 

Perak. — We  have  the  2  cents  Straits  Settlements  surcharged 
with  "  One  Cent  Perak"  in  three  lines,  in  three  different  varieties. 
In  one  it  is  one  cent  perak  in  capitals ;  in  a  second,  one  cent  is 
in  slanting  capitals  and  perak  in  slanting  block  type;  while  in 
the  third  the  words  one  cent  are  in  slanting  capitals  and  perak 
in  upright  block  letters.    There  are  no  stops  after  the  inscriptions. 

Adhesives.     1  cent  on  2  cents,  rose,  wmk.  Crown  C  A  ;  new  surcharge  in 
black.     Three  varieties. 

Persia. — The  Timbre-Poste  states  that  a  correspondent  notes 
the  stamps  of  50  centimes,  black,  overprinted  with  officiel,  and 


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surcharged  with  the  numeral  6  instead  of  8.    Also  the  10  centimes 
surcharged  with  6  and  8,  overprinted  with  officiel  horizontally. 

.  Adhesives.     6  on  50  centimes,  black,  surcharged  in  black. 

6  on  10        ,,         orange        ,,  ,,       horizontally. 

8  on  10        ,,  ,,  ,,  „  ,, 

Philippines. — Some  additions  have  been  made  to  the  stamps 
for  printed  matter  ("impresos").  They  are  of  the  same  design 
as  the  i  de  centavo.  Adhesives. 

1  mil.  de  peso,  pink,    j    2  mil.  de  peso,  blue.    |    5  mil.  de  peso,  brown. 

Russia. — We  have  received  the  new  Postal  Union  card  of 
4  kopecs,  with  the  Arms  in  the  left  upper  angle,  and  a  stamp  of 
4  kopecs  of  the  new  type  in  the  right  upper  angle.  Between  these 
are  the  inscriptions  in  Eussian  and  French,  followed  by  four 
dotted  lines  for  the  address.  At  the  foot  are  the  instructions  in 
Russian  and  French.  Size,  144  x  90  mm.  The  impression  is  in 
black  on  buff,  and  the  stamp  is  in  vermilion. 

Postal  Union  Card.     5  kopecs,  vermilion  on  buff. 

Russian  Locals. — We  are  indebted  to  the  Timbre-Poste  for 
the  notices  which  follow  : 

Bouzoulouk, — Mr.  Breitfuss  has  discovered  the 
stamp,  an  engraving  of  which  is  annexed,  on  a 
letter,  and  which  appears,  from  its  resemblance  to 
the  first  issue,  to  have  succeeded  it. 

Adhesive.     3  kopecs,  red,  with  frame  in  yellow-green. 

Gadiatsch. — The  annexed  engraving  is  that  of  a 
stamp  of  6  kopecs,  the  date  of  which  it  is  difficult  to  determine, 
as  the  issues  have  followed  each  other  so 
rapidly.  The  impression  is  in  blue  on  a  pink 
ground,  the  shield  being  in  blue;  and  the 
stamp  is  unperforated. 

Addesive.  6  kopecs,  blue  and  pink  on  white. 
Morscliansk, — A  variety  of  the  type  of  1880 
has  been  discovered,  the  Arms  and  the  value 
being  in  black,  the  frame  in  blue,  and  the 
"-*  tablets  at  the  top  and  bottom  in  red.  The 
specimen  from  which  the  description  is  taken  was  obliterated. 
The  existence  of  such  a  stamp  is  very  pro- 
bable, as  the  issue  of  1880  presents  a  similar 
galaxy  of  colours. 

Adhesive.     5  kopecs,  black,  blue,  and  red. 

The  stamp  an  engraving  of  which  is  annexed 
is  one  recently  issued.  The  only  point  worthy 
of  notice  is  that  the  Arms  differ  from  the 
previous  designs.  The  impression  is  in  black 
and  lake-red  on  white,  and  the  perforation  12. 

Adhesive.     5  kopecs,  black  and  lake-red. 

Novgorod. — A  new  design  is  replacing  the  one  which  has 
reigned  since  1871,  but  in  the  meanwhile  the  last  impressions  of 


JWTVAJ  U-UTJTJT-TV. 


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the  5  kopecs  come  to  hand  either  on  plain  wove  paper,  greyish- 
white,  or  dead  white. 

Adhesives.     5  kopecs,  blue  on  greyish-white. 
5       ,,  ,,   on  dead  white. 

OustsyscHsk. — The  annexed  engraving  represents 
the  design  of  the  stamp  on  an  envelope  of  2  kopecks, 
150  x  120  mm.,  which  was  issued  in  May  or  June 
last.  Only  200  copies  have  "been  issued,  it  is  said, 
but  possibly  more  will  be  forthcoming  if  the  demand 
for  them  suffices. 

E  velqpe.     2  kopecks,  red. 
RostoTT-on-Don. — They  are  funny  folks  here.     It  looks  as  if  the 
rural   administration   was    divided    in   opinion 
whether  to  have  a  new  stamp  or  to  be  con- 
tented with  that  of   1881.      The  sheets  now 
come  to  hand  with  stamps  of  the  1881  type  on 
the  right  side,  and  an  equal  number  of  stamps 
on  the  left  side  of  the  design,  an  engraving  of 
which  is  annexed.     The  stamp  is  lithographed 
on  plain  white  wove  paper,  and  is  imperforated. 
Adhesive.     2  kopecks,  pale  bine. 
Tscherdina. — The  stamp,   an  engraving  of  which  is  annexed, 
was   issued   in   January   last.      It   presents    no 
feature    of    any    particular   interest.       The    im- 
pression is  in  black  on  pink  paper.     It  is  per- 
forated 11. 

Adhesive.     2  kopecks,  black  on  pink. 

The  above  has  had  a  very 
short  life,  for  we  have  now  a 
second  edition  of  the  design 
with  improvements.  The  nu- 
merals on  the  sides  are  suppressed ;  the  interior 
of  the  oval  is  no  longer  lined,  but  the  numeral 
of  value  has  been  introduced  in  the  background. 
The  impression  is  in  blue  on  bright  pink,  and 
the  perforation  is  ll£. 

Adhesive.  2  kopecks,  blue  on  bright  pink. 
Salvador. — What  an  addition  to  the  stationery  of  a  collection 
of  envelopes!  The  Timbre-Poste  has  received  the  envelope  with 
embossed  head,  type  1887,  with  "  Contad.  Myor  5  c."  embossed 
on  the  flap  in  white  laid  paper,  and  with  the  inside  in  the 
following  colours  : 

Envelope.     5  centavos,  blue  on  white  laid,  with  interior  in  pink,  violet, 
green,  yellow,  pearl -grey,  brown,  ochre,  and  blue. 

Shanghai. — "We  are  indebted  to  Messrs.  Whitfield,  King,  and 
Co.,  for  a  specimen  of  the  new  issue  on  watermarked  paper.  "We 
are  not  sufficiently  learned  to  state  what  the  watermark  is  as  it  is 
composed  of  Chinese  characters,  and  somewhat  resembles  the  lower 
word  on  the  right  hand  inscription  on  the  face,  which  is  most 


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probably  "Shanghai  Local  Post  Office."     We  are  told  that  the 
colours  and  values  are  the  same  as  in  the  former  issue.     The 
20  cash,  which  is  the  only  one  we  have  seen,  is  in  mauve-grey. 
The  impression  is  on  white  paper,  and  the  perforation  is  15. 
Adhesive.     20  cash,  mauve-grey;  wink.  Chinese  characters ;  perf.  15. 

Sungei  Ujong. — The  Timbre-Poste  says  that  the  last  2  cents, 

pink,  that  have  arrived  have  the  surcharge  in  two  lines  of  large 

capitals,  16  and  14  mm.  by  3  mm.,  the  "J  "  being  of  the  same  size 

as  the  other  letters.     There  are  three  settings-up  of  this  surcharge. 

Adhesive.     2  cents,  pink,  overprinted  in  black. 

The  same  journal  has  also  seen  the  following  surcharged  "  S  U  " 
in  letters  not  followed  by  stops  : 

Adhesives.     2  cents,  pink  and  black. 
8      „      yellow  and  black. 

Switzerland. — The  1  franc  is  now  perforated  9J, 
Adhesive.     1  franc,  lake-red  ;  perforated  9|. 

United  States. — We  are  indebted  to  Mr.  Seybold  for  sending 
us  the  following  extract  from  the  Syracuse  Standard  of  30th 
June  last : 

"Washington,  June  29th. — The  specification  just  issued  by  the  Post- 
master-General for  the  guidance  of  bidders  under  the  next  contracts  for 
postage  stamps  advertised  for  under  date  of  June  18th,  1889,  provides  for 
bids  for  two  series  of  stamps  of  different  sizes— one  of  them  being  the  size 
now  in  use,  the  other  about  one-third  smaller.  If  stamps  of  the  larger  size 
should  be  determined  on  when  the  bids  are  in,  the  colours  will  be  as  follows  : 
One  cent,  ultramarine-blue  ;  2  cent,  metallic  red  ;  3  cent,  vermilion  ;  4  cent, 
milori  green ;  5  cent,  chocolate ;  6  cent,  dark  red ;  10  cent,  light  brown ; 
15  cent,  orange ;  50  cent,  black ;  90  cent,  carmine.  If  stamps  of  the 
smaller  size  should  be  preferred,  the  colours  will  be  as  follows  :  1  cent, 
ultramarine  blue  ;  2  cent,  carmine  ;  3  cent,  royal  purple  ;  4  cent,  chocolate  ; 
5  cent,  light  brown ;  6  cent,  vermilion ;  10  cent,  milori  green ;  15  cent, 
steel  blue  ;  30  cent,  black  ;  90  cent,  orange. 

"  Under  one  form  of  bids  the  contractor  will  be  allowed  extra  compensa- 
tion for  all  change  from  the  present  designs,  and  in  another  form  of  bid 
changes  may  be  made  at  the  will  of  the  Postmaster-General  without  extra 
compensation.  From  the  above  it  will  be  seen  that  the  colour  of  the  two 
cent  stamp  will  be  changed  from  green  to  either  carmine  or  metallic  red. 

"  In  speaking  of  the  above  changes  Postmaster-General  Wanamaker  said 
to-day  that  he  believed  the  smaller  sized  stamp  would  be  quite  as  useful  and 
popular  as  the  larger  size  now  in  use,  and  by  reducing  the  size  of  the  stamp 
a  material  saving  would  be  effected,  which  could  be  profitably  expended  in  a 
better  and  in  every  way  more  desirable  colour.  The  metallic  red  proposed 
under  one  form  of  bid  was  the  colour  of  the  two-cent  stamps  which  imme- 
diately preceded  the  green  two-cent  stamp  now  in  use.  No  changes  in 
designs  have  yet  been  determined  upon. " 

Venezuela. — The  annexed  engraving  shows 
the  design  of  the  20  bolivars  of  the  existing 
series.     Adhesive.     20  bolivars,  reddish-purple. 

Virgin  Islands. — We  have  received  the 
One  Penny,  in  pink,  on  paper  watermarked 
Crown  CA,  and  perforated  14. 

Adhesive.     1  penny,  pink,  watermarked  Crown  CA. 


138         NOTES    ON    THE   EARLIER    ISSUES    OF   BRITISH   GUIANA. 

FURTHER  NOTES   ON 

THE  EARLIER  ISSUES  OF  BRITISH   GUIANA. 

By  FREDERICK  A.  PHILBRICK,  Q.C.,  President, 
f Continued  from  page  12Q.J 


Issue  of  1856. 

Date  of  Issue. — We  are  left  to  conjecture  the  precise  date,  as  the  file  of 
the  Gazette  for  this  year  is  incomplete,  and  no  other  documentary  evidence 
has  been  supplied  from  the  Post  Office.  We  know  it  was  1856,  and  it  may 
safely  be  put  as  early  in  that  year.  To  enquiries  addressed  by  me  to  the 
Gazette  office,  the  questions  being  written  under  a  specimen  of  the  4  c,  red, 
of  this  issue — "  Query,  issued  1856  ?  Printed,  Royal  Gazette  office  ?  Values 
known  to  exist,  One  cent,  red  (one  dubious  copy),  Four  cents,  blue  (two 
papers),  Four  cents,  red  (as  above  example)" — the  compendious  reply  re- 
turned was,  "  Details  correct." 

No  other  year  has,  to  my  knowledge,  ever  been  suggested  as  the  date. 
The  earliest  postmark  noted  by  Mr.  Bacon  is  25th  March,  1856.  I  have 
seen  one— a  deep  red,  4  c. — initialed  "E.  D.  W"(ight),  postmarked 
"Berbice,  27  February,  1856,"  in  the  collection  of  M.  Ferrary,  which 
carries  us  a  month  further  back. 

Mr.  Luard  says  Joseph  Baum  and  William  Dallas  printed  them  at  the 
Royal  Gazette  office.  I  presume  these  are  the  names  of  the  printers. 
There  is  no  doubt  where  the  printing  took  place. 

Design. — A  three-masted  ship  in  full  sail  to  the  right,  with  a  pennant 
flying  from  each  masthead,  on  a  small  base  of  waves.  Damus  Petimus 
above,  Que  Vicissim  beneath,  in  small  type.  The  whole  in  an  oblong 
frame,  made  of  four  single  lines,  measuring  about  33  x  18  mm.  Legend, 
British  above,  guiana  below,  postage  to  left,  four  cents  to  right ;  the 
last  two  with  the  lettering  placed  so  as  to  read  upwards,  all  in  Roman 
capitals. 

The  central  ship  is  printed  from  blocks  cast  in  type  metal,  such  as  were 
used  to  head  the  Gazette  advertisements  of  sailings.  I  have  not  been  able 
to  establish  more  than  one  variety  of  the  ships  ;  but  as  they  were  cast  in 
number  from  the  same  mould,  they  would  naturally  correspond  like  letters 
from  the  same  fount.  The  setting-up  of  the  type  on  the  four  edges,  how- 
ever, and  of  the  inner  legend,  varies  considerably;  the  most  salient  varieties 
may  be  detected  by  observing  the  space  between  the  words  four  and  cents, 
which  shows  great  differences.  In  a  vertical  pair  I  have  seen,  the  upper 
stamp  has  an  interval  of  2^  mm.  in  this  space,  while  the  lower  stamp  has 
only  l\  mm.  Altogether,  by  the  lines  and  lettering,  up  to  the  present,  I 
have  been  able  to  distinguish  eight  different  varieties.  The  four  lines 
forming  the  oblong  are  irregular,  and  generally  do  not  quite  meet  at  the 
angles.  In  one  variety  the  top  line  projects  sensibly  beyond  the  rectangle 
towards  the  left ;  in  others  the  lower  line. 

Values.—  One  solitary  copy  of  the  One  Cent  is  known,  and  is  in  the 
collection  of  M.  Ferrary  ;  it  is  pale  red  in  colour. 

Mr.  Pemberton,  to  whom  this  stamp  was  originally  offered  by  Mr.  Wyatt, 
accidentally  omitted  to  close  with  the  offer  till  too  late,  but  believed  firmly 
in  it.  He  wrote  me  in  November,  1878,  he  was  to  have  given  £110  for 
this,  and  four  circulars  of  1850 — five  stamps  in  all.  He  says  the  lot 
included  a  "  ONE  cent,  red,  1856  !  !  !  as  genuine  as  anything  ever  was." 

Later  on,  in  the  same  letter,  he  adds,  "I  can  learn  nothing  of  that 
4  c,  '56,  yellow.  This  one  cent,  '56,  red,  is  queer ;  no  doubt  went  with 
the  4  c,  blue— nothing  unlikely  in  that ;  it  was  a  dreadfully  poor  copy." 


NOTES    ON    THE    EARLIER   ISSUES    OF    BRITISH    GUIANA.  139 

Having  examined  it  myself,  I  regret  I  must  agree  with  him  that  the  copy 
is  very  poor.  The  shade  of  colour  is  neither  full  nor  bright ;  the  appearance 
is  as  if  it  had  been  washed  out ;  while  the  value  is  not  clearly  legible. 

But  the  people  at  the  Royal  Gazette  office  left  this  value  standing  in  the 
list,  and  they  ought  to  know.  Mr.  Pemberton's  remark  that  a  1  cent  value 
is  not  unlikely  to  have  been  called  for  is  plausible,  and  I  think  we  must 
agree  that,  so  far  as  our  present  knowledge  goes,  there  is  no  impossibility 
in  such  a  stamp  having  been  created.  The  absence  of  another  copy,  too, 
notwithstanding  the  later  "finds,"  is  in  its  favour;  but  I  do  not  feel  in  a 
position,  until  Gazette  notices  are  traced  out,  or  other  official  documents 
supplied,  to  pronounce  definitely  on  the  subject.  If  admitted  to  the  list, 
it  should  be  catalogued  under,  "All  reserve." 

Major  Evans'  Catalogue,  1882,  p.  29,  chronicles  :  "  Paper  coloured  on  one 
side  only.  1  c,  yellow  (?)."  This  is  the  only  source  I  can  refer  to  for  this 
information.  I  never  heard  of  anyone  who  professed  to  have  known  a  copy. 
The  doubt  which  the  (?)  shows  existed  in  the  mind  of  the  accomplished 
compiler  was  well  founded,  and  I  think  we  may  now  conclude  no  such 
yellow  stamp  was  ever  printed. 

The  only  other  recorded  value  is  the  Pour  Cents,  which  presents  a 
difficulty  of  another  kind  which  will  be  dealt  with  under  the  head  of 
"  Paper." 

Number  of  stamps  to  sheet.  — Here  great  confusion  arises.  First,  I  am 
informed  from  the  Gazette  proprietors'  office  that  the  sheets  used  in  1856 
were  of  the  same  size  as  those  of  1862,  and  contained  twenty-four  stamps 
each. 

A  fair  measurement  for  these  stamps,  including  margins,  is  1^  inches 
broad  by  not  quite  1J  high,  so  that  twenty-four  stamps  arranged,  six  hori- 
zontally by  four  vertically  would  occupy  a  space  of  say  nine  inches  wide 
by  five  deep— a  perfectly  possible  size  for  the  press  which  we  hear  was  used, 
but  an  inconveniently  long,  narrow  strip  to  handle,  and,  I  should  think,  one 
which  would  cut  the  paper  to  great  waste.  This,  again,  materially  differs 
from  the  4  x  5|  size  of  1862,  which  would  permit  of  three  horizontal  rows  of 
four  stamps  in  each,  or  twelve  in  all — one  half  the  number  above  stated — 
and  scarcely  leave  space  for  the  broad  side  margins  found  on  some  copies. 
Twelve  stamps  thus  placed,  with  full  margins,  would  occupy  a  sheet  4|  to  5 
inches  wide,  by  a  trifle  under  four  inches  deep. 

Nor,  again,  are  we  sure  that  more  than  one  setting-up  did  not  take  place, 
which  would  throw  aside  all  calculations  based  on  the  number  of  varieties 
found  to  exist  until  further  details  were  supplied. 

The  printers  were  asked,  through  Mr.  Devonish,  "How  many  stamps 
went  to  the  sheet — perhaps  six  in  two  rows  of  three  each?"  And  the 
reply  was,  "100(?),  if  the  memory  of  my  informant  serves  him  right." 
So  the  informant  was  doubtful  in  recollection,  and  Mr.  Devonish,  though 
not  having  remembrance  enough  to  answer  himself,  put  the  suggestive 
note  of  interrogation  after  the  100,  indicating  it  is  a  number  he  doubts. 
So  do  I,  nor  can  I  yet  see  my  way  to  reconcile  these  discrepancies  or 
advance  anything  definite.  I  am  not  inclined  to  think  the  sheet  was  larger 
than  those  of  1862,  but  100  to  the  sheet  would  mean  a  large  piece  of  paper, 
and  there  is  little  doubt  but  that  coloured  papers  ran  short  at  the  Gazette 
office  in  George  Town  in  1856. 

If  the  hand-press,  12  x  18  inches,  was  used  to  print  this  issue,  a  sheet 
large  enough  to  contain  100  stamps  could  have  been  worked  in  it ;  for 
18  inches  would  take  twelve  stamps  horizontally,  and  11|  inches  admits  of 
nine  stamps  vertically,  108  in  all,  on  the  scale  above  stated,  leaving  space 
for  such  margins  as  we  know  existed. 

I  have  found  in  Mr.  Tapling's  collection  certainly  six  distinct  varieties, 
probably  seven,  but  the  postmark  prevents  a  definite  conclusion.  To  Mr. 
Pemberton  only  three  varieties  were  known,  as  was  the  case  with  MM. 
Caillebotte,  and,  I  believe,  is  with  M.  Ferrary.  But  as  these  great 
authorities  proceeded  on  the  type-setting  of  the  value  on  the  right  side 


140  NOTES    ON    THE    EARLIER   ISSUES    OF    BRITISH    GUIANA. 

of  the  stamp,  it  is  not  unlikely  they  omitted  to  test  for  the  minute 
differences  in  relative  position  made  by  the  other  words  of  the  outside 
legend. 

In  this  unsatisfactory  state  I  must  leave  the  problem  unsolved,  only 
asking,  Were  they  printed  off  in  batches  of  a  hundred?  which  might 
account  for  the  printer's  recollection.  Another  point  for  elucidation  is, 
Were  these  stamps  printed  or  set  up  more  than  once  ? 

Paper. — There  are  two  well-known  kinds  of  coloured  paper — (a)  surfaced 
(papier  couche'),  where  the  colour  is  applied  on  one  side  of  the  sheet,  after 
manufacture ;  and  (b)  paper  wholly  coloured  throughout,  where  the  dyeing 
ingredient,  having  been  mixed  with  the  pulp  in  the  making,  the  paper  is 
the  same  both  sides,  as  in  the  1850  issue.  Both  sorts  of  paper  were  in 
use  in  1856— magenta-surfaced  and  blue-surfaced,  and  blue-dyed  throughout. 

When  first  chronicled,  the  existence  of  a  blue  4  cents  was  denied  by 
some  of  the  Continental  journalists,  because  there  was  a  magenta  stamp 
of  the  same  value.  These  gentry  had  most  likely  never  seen  a  specimen 
of  the  issue  at  all ;  and  for  many  years  even  copies  on  magenta  remained 
extremely  rare.  Specimens  on  blue  paper  were  unknown  in  England 
till  1864.  I  well  recall  our  astonishment  when  the  Rev.  F.  J.  Stainforth 
exhibited  a  copy  of  the  4  cents  on  the  blue  paper  (not  surfaced)  at  one  of 
the  informal  Saturday  meetings  we  held  at  his  rectory-house  in  Mark  Lane, 
and  informed  us  how  he  had  purchased  it,  through  Mr.  Mount  Brown,  for 
some  three  or  four  guineas.  In  later  years,  though  still  extremely  rare,  a 
few  of  the  blues  have  turned  up,  and  have  realized  large  prices  at  auction, 
particularly  when  on  the  original  letters. 

But  why  this  wealth  of  papers  for  the  one  value  of  4  cents  ?  and  in  what 
order  did  they  succeed  each  other  ?  It  should  be  remembered  blue  was,  in 
1856,  the  adopted  colour  of  the  4  cents,  and  red  for  the  1  cent.  If  then 
these  1856  stamps  were  provisionally  printed,  in  the  absence  of  a  supply  of 
the  regular  issue,  it  would  apparently  be  strange  for  the  office  to  order 
the  printer  to  try  this  value  in  the  colour  (red)  of  the  1  cent.  More  likely 
he  would  print  in  the  regular  blue  colour.  A  priori,  therefore,  one  would 
expect  the  blue  to  be  the  normal  colour,  and  that  the  coloured  paper  (not 
the  surfaced)  was  used  first ;  that  the  supply  of  this  paper  failing,  the  blue- 
surfaced  was  had  recourse  to,  and  then,  no  more  blue  of  any  kind  being 
available,  magenta  was  adopted,  there  being  no  lack  of  that. 

This  supposition,  however,  is  not  supported  by  the  postmarks,  as  the 
earliest  known  are  on  magenta  paper,  and  the  first  dated  copy  on  blue 
paper  I  have  noticed  is  15th  August,  1856  (M.  Ferrary's),  and  August 
26th  (Mr.  Tapling's).  The  4  c.  on  blue  (couche)  are  still  later  in  date. 
So  that,  speaking  from  postmarks  only,  the  magenta  came  first,  blue  paper 
next,  and  blue-surfaced  last  of  all.  This  is  very  slight  ground  to  go  on,  but 
better  than  mere  supposition. 

Naturally  I  enquired  what  the  printers  could  tell  about  this  matter — 
"  Why  two  papers,  blue  and  red,  for  one  value  ?  Which  came  first,  blue 
or  red?  Was  one  printed  for  Berbice,  and  the  other  for  George  Town?" 
And  the  reply,  worthy  of  a  minister  worried  in  Parliament,  was—"  Circum- 
stances over  which  the  Post  Office  authorities  had  no  control.  Either  a 
mistake,  or  the  coloured  paper  fell  short."  If  the  former,  it  indicates  a 
printer's  error  rather  than  one  in  the  Post  Office.  But  we  should  like  to 
know  for  certain,  especially  which  coloured  paper  was  used  in  error.  If 
a  mistake  in  colour,  it  looks  as  if  the  blue  was  the  mistake ;  otherwise  by 
far  the  larger  proportion  of  those  used  postally  were  printed  in  mistake. 
Then  why  did  the  Post  Office  adopt  red  for  this  issue,  seeing  it  was  the 
colour  of  the  One  Cent  ?  If  the  supply  fell  short,  it  must  have  been  of  the 
blue  paper  of  both  kinds  ;  and  then  it  is  odd  that  the  copies  in  the  right 
colour  should  not  be  found  used  until  so  late  in  the  year.  Perhaps  this  only 
proceeds  from  an  indiscriminate  use  (irrespective  of  colour)  of  the  stamps 
the  printers  had  sent  in  to  the  Post  Office ;  the  clerks  would  make  no 
mistake  in  the  use,  such  as  the  public  might  well  do,  had  the  stamps  been 
issued  out  to  them. 


NOTES   ON   THE   EARLIER   ISSUES    OF   BRITISH   GUIANA.  141 

Here,  again,  is  a  vexed  question,  waiting  an  (Edipus  to  solve  the  riddle. 
Of  the  magenta  paper  two  very  distinct  shades  are  to  be  found— a  bright, 
clear  rose-red,  and  a  full,  deep  magenta,  with  a  "bloom"  on  it,  giving  a 
rich,  deep  appearance  to  the  specimen.  The  latter  shade,  so  far  as  I  have 
noted,  bears  the  earliest  postmarks. 

Was  there  ever  a  stamp  of  this  issue,  printed  on  yellow  paper,  either  of 
1  or  4  cents  value  ? 

On  this  the  printers  are  very  specific.  They  say,  "No,  never;"  and  I 
agree — the  yellow  stamp  is  entirely  mythical.  I  have  already  referred  to 
Major  Evans.  He  also  chronicles,  "4c.,  yellow ;  4  c,  red-brown,"  without 
any  reserve,  (page  29. ) 

Now  it  is  one  of  the  most  difficult  of  tasks  to  trace  a  myth  to  its  origin  ; 
and  as  no  one  in  Europe  has  ever  pretended  to  have  seen  this  stamp,  I  have 
taken  all  the  pains  in  my  power  to  find  how  it  came  to  be  chronicled,  and  at 
last  have  succeeded  in  unearthing  what  1  conceive  is  its  beginning. 

Mr.  Wyatt  wrote  over  to  England  enquiring  if  a  certain  price  would  be 
offered  for  a  4-cent  stamp  on  glazed  yellow-surfaced  paper,  but  did  not  say 
he  had  seen  a  specimen,  nor  make  any  definite  statement  about  it ;  he 
rather  left  it  to  be  inferred  that  some  correspondent  in  the  colony  had 
offered  it  to  him.  Mr.  Pemberton  was  eager  the  chance  should  be  accepted, 
and  I  wrote  out  at  once  with  an  unlimited  commission  to  procure  the  rara 
avis,  but  met  with  no  favourable  response  :  salt  could  not  be  put  on  that 
bird's  tail,  however  thick  you  spread  it.  I  had  a  shrewd  suspicion  some 
other  keen  collectors  were  also  in  the  field,  but  they  were  as  unlucky  fowlers 
as  myself.  No  one  of  us  succeeded  in  capturing  the  rarity,  and  I  have  little 
doubt  some  practical  joker  beguiled  the  tedium  of  his  intervals  of  sangaree 
by  trying  to  hoax  Mr.  Wyatt. 

Assuredly  the  latter,  who  had  netted  a  capital  thing  over  the  1  cent,  red, 
would  not  have  been  unwilling  or  inactive  in  trying  to  repeat  his  good  luck 
on  even  a  higher  scale.  This  is  all  I  can  tell  you  of  the  soi-disant  yellow 
4  cents ;  but  I  have  no  doubt  others,  perhaps  Mr.  Ridpath,  also  heard 
similar  reports  of  it  in  1878,  and  also  went  chasing  the  wild  goose. 

I  pass  on  to  enquire,  Were  there  two  or  more  printings  1 

The  design  was  so  easily  set  up,  presenting  none  of  the  difficulties  of  the 
1850  issue,  that  it  is  by  no  means  unlikely  to  have  been  set  up  several  times. 
And  the  dates,  decipherable  on  obliterated  copies,  commence,  as  we  see,  in 
February  and  run  on  through  the  year,  being  numerous  in  September  and 
October.  I  think  I  can  make  out  one  in  November,  but  am  not  sure. 
Nothing  later  has  been  noted  by  me. 

This  gives  ten  months'  currency,  time  enough  to  send  to  England  and  get 
supplies  several  times  over ;  so  that  I  feel  the  assumption  that  this  was  a 
provisional  issue,  in  dearth  of  the  regular  stamps,  is  a  bold  one.  It  looks  as 
if  the  moving  cause  must  be  elsewhere. 

Miss  Fenton  years  ago  suggested  these  might  be  originally  intended  as 
receipt  stamps,  though  used  postally ;  but  the  word  postage  on  the  face 
seems  decisive  of  the  purpose  for  which  they  were  created.  Here  again  no 
(Edipus  has  taken  up  the  challenge. 

If  a  provisional  issue,  pending  a  regular  supply  from  home,  then  this 
stands  alone  in  the  annals  of  Philately,  so  far  as  I  know,  both  for  its 
unparalleled  duration  and  its  two  distinct  contemporaneous  colours  for  the 
same  value.  I  again  venture  an  enquiry,  Were  these  stamps  created  for 
post-office  use,  in  cases  where  the  sender  defrayed  the  postage  in  cash  at 
the  post-office— a  sort  of  check  or  voucher  in  the  office  that  the  clerk  who 
affixed  them  had  to  account  for  so  much  cash  to  the  office  ?  This  may  be 
worth  thrashing  out.  At  present  I  see  nothing  else  to  suggest  that  is  not 
open  to  obvious  reply  ;  and  the  initialling  by  Watson,  a  letter-carrier,  lends 
some  countenance  to  this  idea.  Then  again  all  the  circumstances  combine 
to  render  it  probable  that  magenta  was  the  colour  of  the  issue,  and  the  blue 
(both  kinds)  the  error. 

And  here  reluctantly  I  must  leave  this  subject,  having  raised  difficulties 
which  I  cannot  pretend  to  solve.     Some  of  the  differences  in  the  varieties 


142  TURKS'    ISLANDS. 

are  so  slight  that  it  is  almost  impossible  to  describe  and  very  trying  to  the 
eyesight  to  establish  them.  We  may  all  agree  in  holding  Major  Evans' 
red-brown  to  be  a  discoloured  copy  on  the  deep  magenta  paper. 

PARAPH. 

The  initials  by  far  most  often  seen  are  those  of  Mr.  E.  D.  Wight,  already 
mentioned  in  the  1850  issue.  Mr.  Dalton's  E.T.E.D.  are  also  met  with,  and 
also  the  C.A.W.  of  Watson,  the  letter-carrier.  I  have  found  no  others. 
Although  none  of  these  stamps  "were  delivered  out  to  the  public,  but  were 
affixed  by  the  officer  in  the  office  before  the  despatch  of  the  letter,  yet  it 
appears,  from  a  sufficient  number  of  specimens  which  evidently  have  not 
done  duty  on  letters,  that  stamps  were  initialled  for  future  use,  to  be  ready 
to  affix  when  required.  In  1878  Mr.  Pemberton  received  a  very  brilliant  copy 
of  the  4  cents,  red,  with  large  margins,  and,  as  he  termed  it,  a  bloom  on  the 
magenta  paper.  The  initialling  looked  to  him  very  new,  and  on  applying  a 
piece  of  pelure  paper,  faintly  damped,  he  got  a  perfect  transfer,  as  if  in  a 
letter-copying  press.  On  enquiry  afterwards,  he  learnt  his  correspondent 
had  put  "the  initials  on  before  he  sent  the  stamp,  in  "fear  that,  without 
them,  it  would  not  pass  muster. "  One  can  imagine  what  Mr.  Pemberton's 
feelings  were.  The  misguided  sender  had  destroyed  the  only  copy  recorded 
which  had  neither  initial  nor  postmark.  Up  to  the  present  we  have  not 
heard  of  another,  at  least  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic.  The  size  was 
cumbrous,  and  specimens  are  ofterj  met  with  which  have  been  folded  over, 
as  if  creased  round  the  edge  of  the  letter,  or  over  a  string,  greatly  to  the 
detriment  of  the  stamp  for  collectors'  purposes. 

In  the  sincere  hope  that  some  at  least  of  the  doubts  raised  may  be  laid  to 
rest  by  authentic  information,  I  now  close  my  remarks,  trusting  also  that  no 
one  will  suppose  I  wish  to  claim  more  than  that  I  have  tried  to  be  accurate 
where  I  had  facts  to  chronicle,  and  to  state  the  difficulties  fairly  where  we 
are  still  left  in  the  dark. 

The  above  paper  is  very  suggestive,  inasmuch  as  it  shows  the  points  which 
still  require  elucidation  before  we  can  say  that  we  know  all  about  these 
scarce  and  interesting  stamps.  On  one  of  these  points  the  views  of  Major 
Evans,  expressed  in  1882,  appear  to  have  undergone  some  modification,  if 
we  may  judge  by  his  more  recent  catalogue  published  in  The  Philatelic 
Journal  of  America,  in  December,  1887.  In  that  he  gives  the  list  as 
follows  : — 

"  1.  Paper  coloured  on  one  side  only. 

4  c. ,  magenta,  rose-red. 

4  c. ,  deep  blue. 

2.  Paper  coloured  through. 
4c,  indigo." 
and  he  adds  the  following  : — 

"Note. — It  is  believed  that  ale,  magenta,  of  this  type  exists  in  a 
celebrated  collection  in  Paris,  but  nothing  further  is  known  about  it. 
There  are  also  traditions  that  impressions  of  1  c.  and  4c,  on  yellow,  have 
existed." — Ed. 


TURKS'    ISLANDS, 


We  have  received  the  following  letter  from  Major  Evans  with  reference  to 
the  etymological  question  involved  in  the  name  of  these  Islands,  which  we 
think  will  be  of  interest  to  our  readers.  It  disposes  of  Messrs.  De  La  Rue 
&  Co.'s  curious  French  translation  of  "lies  de  Turc"  We  suppose  that 
the  largest  of  these  islands  is  called  the  Grand  Turk  on  the  same  principle 


THE    FIRST   ISSUE   FOR   QUEENSLAND.  143 

as  one  of  the  Bahamas  is  called  the  Grand  Bahama.  We  think  the  existence 
of  an  Admiral  Turk  is  very  problematical ;  at  any  rate  no  notice  of  his 
existence  seems  to  have  been  handed  down  to  posterity. 

"Dear  Sir, — You  will  doubtless  remember  that  some  years  ago  there 
was  a  discussion  as  to  the  derivation  of  the  name  'Turks'  Islands,'  and  as 
to  whether  it  should  properly  be  written  '  Turks' '  or  '  Turk's.'  The  French 
magazines,  &c,  used  to  call  them  '  lies  Turques,'  or  Turkish  Islands,  which 
plainly  was  not  correct,  until  someone  evolved  a  theory  that  they  were 
discovered  by  a  certain  Admiral  Turk,  whose  name  was  bestowed  upon  them 
in  consequence. 

"  Now  I  have  no  wish  to  deny  the  existence  of  this  distinguished  naval 
officer,  though  I  have  a  suspicion  that  he  may  have  commanded  the  fleet  in 
which  Captain  Gulliver  and  other  celebrated  personages  served ;  but  at  all 
events  he  seems  to  have  been  entirely  forgotten  in  the  islands  to  which  he 
is  supposed  to  have  stood  godfather.  A  few  months  ago  I  touched  at  the 
Turks'  Islands  on  my  way  from  Bermuda  to  Jamaica,  and  on  the  voyage  I 
made  the  acquaintance  of  an  inhabitant  who  was  returning  to  the  islands ; 
I  took  the  opportunity  of  asking  him  how  they  got  their  name,  and  he  told 
me  that  at  certain  seasons  of  the  year  some  of  the  most  conspicuous  objects 
on  the  islands  were  a  species  of  aloe  or  yucca,  bearing  bunches  of  red  flowers 
which  resembled  a  head  with  a  fez  on  it,  and  were  known  consequently  as 
1  Turks' ;  heads,  and  that  from  these  the  name,  which  should  therefore  be 
written  'Turks'  Islands,'  was  derived. 

"I  may  add  that  I  afterwards  found  the  same  derivation  given  in  the 
Almanac  of  Jamaica,  of  which  Colony  the  Turks'  Islands  are  a  de- 
pendency. Yours  faithfully, 

"Edward  B.  Evans." 


THE  FIRST  ISSUE  FOR  QUEENSLAND, 

By  A.  F.  BASSET  HULL. 


Major  Evans  assigns  November,  1861,  as  the  date  of  issue  of  these  stamps, 
both  perforated  and  imperforated.  M.  Moens  gives  November,  1861,  as  the 
date  of  issue  of  the  imperforated,  and  "1862(?)"  as  that  of  the  perforated 
stamps.  The  Oceania  catalogue  places  both  varieties  "  early  in  1861."  The 
following  copy  of  notice  will  set  all  doubts  at  rest : 


"General  Post  Office,  Brisbane, 

"  21st  September.  1860. 
"QUEENSLAND  POSTAGE  STAMPS. 

"  It  is  hereby  notified  for  public  information  that  a  supply  of  Queensland 
postage  stamps  has  been  received  from  England,  and  will  be  issued  on  the 
first  day  of  November  next,  from  which  date  the  New  South  Wales  postage 
stamps  at  present  in  use  will  no  longer  be  acknowledged  upon  letters  posted 
within  this  colony.  All  letters,  therefore,  posted  in  Queensland  after  the  1st 
of  November  bearing  the  New  South  Wales  stamp  will  be  treated  as  unpaid, 
and  will  accordingly  be  opened  and  returned  to  the  writer. 

"R.  R.  Mackenzie." 

To  this  notice  were  attached  "specimens"  of  the  Id.,  rose-carmine,  perf. 
16x14,  the  2d.,  blue,  perf.  15,  and  the  6d.,  green,  imperf.  The  Oceania 
catalogue  mentions  a  specimen  of  the  Id.,  imperf.,  with  postmark  of  Bath, 
England,  23rd  August,  1861.  As  the  letter  bearing  this  stamp  would  have 
left  Brisbane  about  February  or  March,  1861,  both  the  perforated  and 
unperforated  stamps  were  evidently  issued  simultaneously. 


144 


LIST    OF    MEMBERS    OF   THE    PHILATELIC   SOCIETY. 


list  of  Jgtatati  of  %  gftilsfelir  Sorittg  of  fonoon, 


1889. 


COMMITTEE. 

President — F.  A.  Philbriok,  Q.C. 

Vice-President— T.  K.  Tapling,  M.P. 

Secretary — D.  Garth.      Assistant-Secretary — J.  A.  Tilleard. 

Treasurer  and  Librarian — C.  N.  Biggs. 

E.  D.  Bacon.  A.  W.  Chambers. 

M.  P.  Castle.  Dr.  C.  W.  Viner. 


MEMBERS. 


P.  J.  Anderson,  f.s.a. 

E.  D.  Bacon. 
A.  R.  Barrett. 

F.  G.  Bepler. 

The  Rev.  R.  Berens. 
C.  N.  Biggs. 

F.  Breitfuss. 
M.  Burnett. 

G.  Campbell. 
M.  P.  Castle. 

A.  W.  Chambers. 

E.  Chambers. 

T.  W.  S.  Chambers. 

C.    COLMAN. 
A.    COMYNS. 

Sir  Daniel  Cooper,  Bart. 

C.  B.  Corwin. 
A.  B.  Creeke. 

W.  B.  Cunningham. 

A.  F.  Duro. 

H.  F.  Deane. 

E.  A.  Elliott. 

A.  C.  Emerson. 

Major  E.  B.  Evans,  r.a. 

H.  Firth. 

D.  Garth. 
L.  Gibb. 

E.  S.  Gibbons. 

G.    H.    GOLDNEY. 

C.  Harrison. 
G.  Harrison. 

E.  Hawkins. 

J.  D.  Henderson. 
Pearson  Hill. 
Dr.  A.  Houison. 
R.  H.  Hughes. 
A.  F.  Basset  Hull. 
W.  E.  Image. 
T.  Wickham  Jones. 
A.  Johnson. 

W.    R.    JOYNT. 

The  Earl  of  Kingston. 
T.  W.  Kitt. 
J.  Kleinwort. 
A.  Ludwig. 

F.  G.  C.  Lundy. 

D.  F,  Mackenzie. 


Douglas  Mackenzie. 
Dr.  W.  Masterman. 
E.  W.  Marshall. 
W.  Matthews. 
T.  Maycock. 
R.  Meyer. 
Dr.  G.  Michelsen. 
J.  B.  Moens. 

E.  J.  Nankivell. 
C.  Nevill. 

G.  B.  Nicholl. 

T.    NORTHAFFT. 

G.  A.  Padro. 
G.  S.  Perkins. 

F.  A.  Philbrick,  q.c. 
F.  Ransom. 

J.  H.  Redman. 

F.  M.  Rigge. 

V.  Roberts. 

B.  P.  Rodd. 

Leon  Rodet. 

E.  H.  W.  Rossiter. 

W.  Scott. 

E.  Shorthouse. 

J.  Siewert. 

W.  M.  Steuart. 

A.  Steudell. 

E.  F.  Stearns. 

T.  K.  Tapling,  m.p. 

V.  L.  Tapling. 

Mrs.  Tebay. 

W.  B.  Thornhill. 

Qr.  Master  P.  J.  Thorpe, 

1st  Bn.  Royal  Irish  Rifles 
J.  K.  Tiffany. 
J.  A.  Tilleard. 
J.  H.  Tilly. 
H.  H.  Townsend. 
The  Rev.  W.  K  Usher. 
T.  Vasmer. 

F.  C.  Van  Duzer. 
Dr.  C.  W.  Viner. 
W.  A.  S.  Westoby. 
W.  E.  Williams. 
A.  H.  Wilson. 

W.  T.  Wilson. 
A.  De  Worms. 


Stanley,  Gibbons  &  Co.,  8,  Gower  Street,  London,  W.C. 


gftat  pWte^fiit  l^onti 


Vol.  XI.  AUGUST,   1889.  No.  128. 


QUESTION  for  stamp  collectors  has  been  gradually- 
cropping  up,  which  is  now  likely  to  assume  wider  and 
more  serious  proportions.  The  question  may  be  stated 
shortly  thus :  How  far  collections  should  be  made  of 
those  stamps  that  are  manufactured  or  manipulated 
more  with  a  view  to  disposing  of  them  to  collectors 
than  with  that  of  the  requirements  of  the  postal  service  ? 

We  have  for  many  months  past  done  what  we  could  to  dis- 
courage the  production  of  the  host  of  surcharges  and  stupid 
varieties  that  month  by  month  come  before  us;  but  our  voice 
is  of  no  avail  unless  collectors  will  take  the  matter  into  their 
own  hands.  As  an  example,  let  us  turn  to  the  decree  of  the 
Governor  of  Gabon  of  the  28th  December,  1888,  set  out  in  our 
number  for  March  last,  whereby  the  transformation  of  4000 
stamps  of  5  centimes  into  stamps  of  25  centimes  was  ordered. 
The  decree  contained  a  clause  to  the  effect  that  no  sale 'should  be 
made  except  for  the  purpose  of  immediate  franking.  Let  our 
readers  turn  to  our  pages  this  month,  and  judge  for  themselves, 
by  what  is  taking  place  now,  if  it  is  likely  that  the  legitimate 
wants  of  the  Post  Office  demand  all  these  surcharges.  The 
manufacture  of  surcharges  on  the  Ceylon  stamps  is  anything  but 
creditable  to  the  authorities,  and  our  pages  have  teemed  with 
notices  of  them  rung  on  all  the  changes  of  a  triple  bob-major. 
But  this  is  not  the  worst.  We  read  in  The  American  Philatelist 
that  a  contract  has  been  made  by  the  postal  authorities  of 
Salvador  with  Mr.  N.  F.  Seebeck,  the  secretary  of  the  Hamilton 
Bank  Note  Company  of  New  York,  from  which  we  extract  the 
following  clauses,  premising  that  to  this  same  gentleman  we  are 
indebted  for  the  dated  series  of  Bolivar,  and  the  Dominican  sets 


146  THE  PHILATELIC  RECORD. 

with  and  without  network  and  surcharges,  with  all  the  attendant 
"  errors." 

"1. — N.  F.  Seebeck,  in  representation  of  the  above-named  Company, 
binds  himself  to  supply,  free  of  any  cost,  to  the  mail  service  of  Salvador, 
such  quantities  of  the  necessary  postal  issues  as  will  be  hereinafter  deter- 
mined, for  the  period  of  ten  successive,  years,  commencing  from  the  date  of 
the  present  agreement,  according  to  the  designs  which  the  General  Manage- 
ment will  supply  on  the  1st  day  of  April  of  each  year,  it  being  understood 
that  the  issues  of  each  period  of  twelve  months  be  perfectly  distinct  from 
those  preceding  and  following  them,  while  the  type  adopted  for  each  year's 
series  of  postal  issues  must  be  uniform. 

"6. — In  compensation  of  the  disbursements  made  by  the  Company  in 
engraving  and  furnishing  the  postal  issues  in  question,  the  Supreme 
Government  of  Salvador  agrees  to  cede  to  the  Company  the  stock  which, 
on  the  conclusion  of  each  year,  may  be  in  its  possession,  upon  the  previous 
declaration  of  their  nullity  on  the  1st  January  of  each  year,  whatever  be 
the  quantity  thereof ;  binding  itself  moreover  not  to  sell  stamps  or  any  of 
the  other  issues  mentioned  for  less  than  their  nominal  value  while  they  are 
in  use. 

"7. — This  stock  will  be  delivered,  without  any  cost  whatever,  by  the 
Government  of  Salvador  to  the  representative  of  Mr.  Seebeck  in  this 
capital  on  the  1st  day  of  February  in  each  year  for  the  term  of  the  present 
agreement. 

"  8. — Upon  the  representative  of  Salvador  being  notified  by  the  Supreme 
Government  of  the  issues  of  each  successive  year  being  declared  void,  and 
not  receivable  for  postage,  and  advice  having  been  given  to  that  effect  by 
the  engraving  company,  the  latter  can  withdraw  from  the  safe  deposit 
already  mentioned  the  matrices  of  the  postal  issues,  and  break  in  the 
presence  of  the  representative  the  seals  referred  to  in  Article  11,  for  the 
purpose  of  using  the  plates  to  make  such  reprints  as  the  engraving  company 
may  want  to  sell  to  stamp  dealers  and  collectors." 


It  is  said  that  similar  contracts  have  been  made  with  the 
republics  of  Costa  Eica  and  Honduras — two  states  already  not 
too  favourably  known  in  the  financial  world  of  England. 
Guatemala  is  already  in  the  hands  of  other  furnishers;  perhaps 
Nicaragua  may  follow. 

We  learn  that  the  series  for  Salvador  is  composed  of  seven 
adhesives — 3,  5,  10,  20,  25,  and  50  centavos,  and  1  peso ;  and 
of  the  following  stationery,  viz.,  envelopes  of  5,  10,  11,  20,  and 
22  centavos ;  post  cards  of  2  and  3  centavos,  with  corresponding 
reply  cards;  and  wrappers  of  3,  6,  12£,  and  25  centavos:  a 
supply  of  which  we  should  not  complain — for  the  present  stamps 
are  a  confused  and  unsatisfactory  lot — were  it  not  that  this  is 
only  to  last  for  a  year.     But  the  question  now  arises,  What  are 


NOVELTIES,   DISCOVERIES,    AND   RESUSCITATIONS.  147 

collectors  to  do  with  these  annual  series  for  the  republics  of 
Central  America?  The  American  Philatelist  proposes  to  "boycott" 
them,  and  that  no  mention  should  be  made  of  them  in  catalogues 
or  papers,  at  the  same  time  declaring  that  it  will  set  the  example, 
and  refrain  from  mentioning  them.  We  are  by  no  means  sure 
whether  we  ought  not  to  follow  suit,  and  set  ourselves  against  the 
kind  of  imposition  intended  to  be  forced  on  stamp  collectors. 

Our  contemporaries  this  month  are  very  funny  over  the  recent 
shower  of  Sedang  stamps.  At  first  we  were  somewhat  puzzled  to 
find  where  Sedang  was,  but  the  Echo  de  la  Timbrologie  came  to 
our  aid,  and  informed  us  that  it  was  a  country  between  Siam  and 
Annam,  peopled  with  250,000  inhabitants,  the  conquest  of  which 
had  been  made  by  a  single  bold  Frenchman  without  firing  a  shot, 
and  who  dubs  himself  King  Marie  I.  Of  course,  as  the  king  had 
decreed  on  paper  the  establishment  of  a  post,  he  wanted  stamps, 
and  lo  !  he  is  furnished  with  a  series  of  seven  values,  varying 
from  a  halfpenny  up  to  one  dollar,  the  whole  series  showing  a  face 
value  equivalent  to  8  fr.  25  c,  and  these  are  advertised  at  12  fr., 
with  a  discount  proportioned  to  the  number  of  series  taken.  King 
Marie  I.  should  have  taken  a  lesson  from  the  ex-president  of  the 
republic  of  San  Blagador,  and  ordered  a  handsomer  series  while  he 
was  about  it.  There  is  too  much  sameness  about  these  to  tempt 
even  the  feeblest  collector,  and  they  are  too  dear  for  schoolboys. 


f^Ifi^  j)t$ttttt£rb$,  unit  ]|i}$tmtWirm$* 


Afghanistan. — We  have  the  1  abasi  in  brown-purple,  the 
design  differing  from  the  former  one  in  that  the  exterior  circle  is 
wider,  and  the  dots  within  it  larger  and  fewer  in  number. 

1  abasi,  brown-purple  on  white  laid  batonne  paper ;  new  issue. 

Brazil. — As  the  stock  of  the  Journal  stamps  all  in  one  colour 
becomes  exhausted,  the  new  issue  gradually  makes  its  appearance. 
At  the  date  of  our  last  letter  two  values  had  appeared;  namely, 
the  20  reis,  light  green,  and  the  50  reis,  pale  orange.     The  values 

and  colours  are  as  follows  :      .  „    . 

Adhesives. 


10  reis,  olive  ;  rouletted. 

200  reis 

black ;  rouletted. 

20    ,,     light  green  ;  rouletted. 

300    ,, 

pink             „ 

50    ,,     pale  orange          ,, 

500    „ 

dark  green  ;  rouletted 

100    „     lilac;  rouletted. 

700    „ 

blue ;  rouletted. 

1000  reis,  chestnut-brown  ;  rouletted. 
128* 


148  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND   RESUSCITATIONS. 

British  Bechuanaland. — We  have  the  registration  envelopes 
of  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope,  sizes  G,  H,  and  K,  overprinted  in 
green  with  "  British  "  above  the  head  of  the  Queen,  and 
"  bechuanaland  "  below  the  head,  in  capitals.  Size  G  bears 
the  imprint  of  "Thos.  De  La  Eue  &  Co.,"  the  others  that  of 
"  McCorquodale  and  Co." 

Registration  Envelopes. 
4  pence,  ultramarine,  overprinted  in  green  ;  Size  G ;  imprint  of 

"  De  La  Rue  &  Co." 
4     ,,       blue,  overprinted  in  green  ;  Size  H  ;)  imprint  of 

4      „  „  „  ,,  ,,    K  ;/" McCorquodale  &  Co." 

Protectorate. — We  have  also  the  same  registration  envelopes  of 
the  Cape  of  Good  Hope,  in  sizes  G,  I,  and  K,  overprinted  with 
"bechuanaland"  above  the  head,  and  "protectorate"  under- 
neath, in  small  capitals.  Size  G  bears  the  imprint  of  "Thos. 
De  La  Eue  &  Co.,"  while  the  others  bear  that  of  "  McCorquodale 
^  ^°'  Registration  Envelopes. 

4  pence,  ultramarine,  overprinted  in  black  ;  imprint  of  "  De  La  Rue  &  Co." 
4  ,,  blue,  overprinted  in  black  ;  imprint  of  "  McCorquodale  &  Co."  K. 
4     „         „  „  green  „  „  I. 

Ceylon. — The  surcharging  department  of  the  Ceylon  Post  Office, 
under  its  able  superintendence,  has  favoured  us  with  the  following  : 

1.  We  receive  the  registration  envelope,  size  F,  with  a  surcharge 
in  red  of  "  fifteen  cents,"  in  two  lines  of  block  letters  across  the 
stamp.      ]%egt  Envelope.     15  cents  on  12  c,  pink  ;  surcharge  in  red. 

2.  The  Postal  Union  card  of  5  cents  has  been  surcharged  in 
black  with  "three  cents,"  in  block  letters,  with  a  bar  across 
the  original  value. 

Post  Card.     3  cents  on  5  c. ,  blue  on  buff ;  surcharge  in  black. 

Canada. — The  2  cents  stamp  is  now  blue-green. 

Adhesive.     2  cents,  blue-green  ;  perforated  12. 

Costa  Rica. — Messrs.  Whitfield,  King,  &  Co.  send  us  an  envelope 
bearing  a  fiscal  stamp  of  5  centavos  (timbre  proporcional),  which 
had  been  employed  postally.  The  stamp  seems  to  belong  to  a  new 
issue  having  some  affinity  with  the  type  of  1884,  but  with  the 
head  of  the  present  President  in  an  upright  oval,  and  the  simple 
inscription  "republica  de  costa  rica,"  in  an  arch  above ;  the  value 
in  words  is  in  a  curve  below  the  oval,  and  the  designation  of  the 
stamp  on  a  straight  tablet  at  the  foot. 

Adhesive.     5  centavos,  brown-red  ;  fiscal  used  postally. 

Fiji  Islands. — In  our  March  number  we  mentioned  that  Der 
Philatelist  reported  the  "Duty  Stamp"  of  1/-  as  having  been 
surcharged  with  "  Postage — 1/-,"  in  black,  and  we  expressed  some 
doubts  as  to  its  authenticity.  We  have  received  a  letter  from  the 
Postmaster-General,  dated  Suva,  7th  June  last,  informing  us  that 
no  duty  stamps  have  been  surcharged. 


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149 


French  Colonies. — Gabon. — The  Timbre  Poste  publishes  the 
text  of  several  decrees  ordering  various  surcharges,  commencing 
with  one  dated  8  th  March  last,  ordering  the  transformation  of 
1200  stamps  of  10  centimes  into  800  of  25  centimes  and  400  of 
15  centimes.    In  our  last  number  we  chronicled  that  of  25  centimes. 

Adhesive.    15  centimes  on  10  c,  black  on  violet ;  surch.  in  black ;  perf.  13|. 

Then  follows  another  decree  of  the  27th  March  last,  ordering 
the  transformation  of  1500  unpaid  letter  stamps  of  20  centimes 
into  postage  stamps  of  25  c,  and  a  similar  number  of  those  of 
5  centimes  into  postage  stamps  of  15  c.  These  were  chronicled  in 
our  number  for  May  last. 

Another  decree,  of  the  16th  April  last,  orders  the  transformation 
of  1200  more  of  the  unpaid  letter  stamps  of  20  centimes  into 
postage  stamps  of  25  centimes. 

A  further  decree,  of  the  1st  May  last,  orders  the  transformation 
of  1500  more  of  the  unpaid  letter  stamps  of  20  centimes  into 
postage  stamps  of  20  centimes,  and  250  unpaid  letter  stamps  of 
30  centimes  into  postage  stamps  of  15  centimes.  This  latter  value 
has  not  been  chronicled  by  us,  and  should  the  famine  cease  in  the 
colony,  and  no  more  be  issued,  a  specimen 


L^rabon-Congo 
POSIES 


will  be  soon  exalted  into  the  regions  of  the 
unattainables. 

Adhesive.     15  centimes  on  30  c,  black,  unpaid 
letter  stamp  ;  surcharged  in  black. 

We  annex  an  engraving  of  the  type  of  the 
horrors  described  in  our  last.  It  will  be  seen 
that,  in  addition  to  the  inscriptions  then  men- 
tioned, "  gab."  is  stamped  in  the  angle.  It  is  said  that  there  are 
ten  varieties,  the  composition  being  in  type,  and  that  250  only 
have  been  printed  :  but  what  is  that  among  so  many  collectors  % 

Nossi  Be. — This  French  possession  appears  to  desire  not  to  be 
forgotten  amid  all  the  transformations,  and  the  Timbre  Poste 
accordingly  reports  having  seen  the  40  centimes  of  1887  and  1881 
surcharged  with  "  25  "  in  blue,  the  first  postmarked  with  dated 
stamp  of  30th  May,  and  the  second  with  "  4  June,  1889." 

Adhesives. 
25  c.  on  40  c,  vermilion ;  surcharged  in  blue  (type  1887). 
25  c.  on  40  c.  ,,        on  yellow;  surch.  in  blue  (type  1881) ;  perf.  13£. 

Gibraltar. — "We  have  received  the  whole  of  these  stamps  sur- 
charged, in  black,  with  a  value  in  "  centimos,"  in  block  type.  The 
surcharge  is  over  the  original  value  when  this  is  at  the  foot,  but  in 
the  2^d.  it  is  applied  across  the  neck  of  Her  Majesty. 

Adhesives.     5  centimos  on  |  penny,  green  ;  surcharged  in  black. 

10        ,,        on  1       ,,       carmine 

25        „         on  2  pence,   brown-red 

25        ,,        on  2|    ,,       blue 

40        ,,         on  4       ,,       orange 

50        ,,         on  6       ,,       lilac 

75        ,,        on  1  shilling,  bistre 


150  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND   RESUSCITATIONS. 

Post  Cards.     5  centimes  on  |  penny,  green  on  buff ;  surcharge  in  black. 

5  +  5  „  on  |  +  |  penny       ,,  ,, 

10  ,,  on  1  ,,       carmine  on  buff  ,, 

10  +  10  „  on  1  +  1     „  „  ,, 

15  ,,  on  1|         ,,       brown  on  buff      ,, 

15  +  15  ,,  on  1J  +  1^  penny        ,,  ,, 

Wrapper.     5  ,,  on  \  penny ,  green  on  whity-brown ;  surch.in  black. 

Beg.  Env.     20  ,,  on  2  pence,  vermilion  (Size  F)  ,,  ,, 

20  „  on  2      ,,  ,,         (Size  I)  „  „ 

Great  Britain. — No  further  issue  of  Size  I  of  the  Registration 
Envelopes  will  take  place,  and  it  is  now  withdrawn  from  the 
official  list. 

The  new  post  card  of  threepence  is  about  to  be  issued  to  the 
public,  and  is  a  considerable  improvement  over  its  brethren.  The 
stamp  is  of  large  dimensions,  26  x  21 J  mm.,  and  shows  a  full-length 
portrait  of  the  Queen,  within  an  upright  pointed  oval,  enclosed  in  a 
rectangular  frame  curved  top  and  bottom  to  admit  the  inscription 
without  intercepting  the  oval,  and  with  similarly  shaped  ornaments 
on  the  sides.  The  inscriptions  on  the  stamp  are  "  postage  "  at 
the  top,  and  "threepence"  at  the  bottom.  The  card  is  headed 
"post  card,"  with  the  Eoyal  Arms  (small  type)  between  the 
words;  " British  empire"  underneath,  and  below  this  the  instruc- 
tions. The  card  is  light  buff,  of  better  quality  than  the  Postal 
Union  Card.  As  a  matter  of  taste,  we  think  the  card  would  have 
looked  better  had  the  inscription  been  in  the  centre,  with  some 
ornament,  such  as  the  Eoyal  Arms,  in  the  left  upper  corner. 
Post  Card.     3  pence,  vermilion-red  on  buff. 

We  believe  that  we  are  indebted  for  this  card  to  the  present 
Postmaster-General,  than  whom  no  abler  or  more  efficient  ad- 
ministrator ever  presided  over  that  great  institution,  the  British 
Post  Office.  Mr.  Henniker  Heaton  and  we  ourselves  may  grumble 
that  we  do  not  get  ten  halfpenny  post  cards  for  fivepence  instead 
of  sixpence,  but  at  any  rate  we  should  be  thankful  for  what  has 
been  done.  The  Postmaster-General,  when  he  accepted  office, 
found  himself  hampered  with  improvident  contracts  for  the  manu- 
facture of  post  cards  and  Indian  stamps.  He  has  succeeded  in 
making  such  modifications  of  these  contracts  as  represent  a  saving 
to  the  country,  for  the  ten  years  they  have  to  run,  of  over  £700,000. 
Perhaps  this  fact  will  convey  more  to  our  readers  as  to  what  has 
been  effected  by  his  administrative  ability  than  anything  else  we 
could  say. 

We  see  in  some  of  our  Continental  contemporaries  the  mention 
of  an  Inland  Revenue  stamp  on  unwatermarked  paper,  perforated 
13,  "in  pink  instead  of  lilac,"  overprinted  "postage"  in  black. 
It  is  almost  needless  to  say  that  such  a  monstrosity  is  not  known 
in  England.  Der  Philatelist  gives  an  engraving  of  the  type.  No 
stamp  of  this  type  was  ever  issued  on  unwatermarked  paper,  nor 
perforated  13,  nor  surcharged  with  "postage."  As  for  the  colour, 
we  say  nothing,  for  a  little  alkali  would  change  the  purple  to  pink. 


NOVELTIES,   DISCOVERIES,    AND   RESUSCITATIONS.  151 

Greece. — The  1  lepton,  brown,  of  the  Athens  impression,  on 
white  watermarked  paper,  has  appeared,  imperforate  of  course. 
Adhesive.     1  lepton,  brown,  Athens  impression  on  watermarked  paper. 

Italy. — We  have  a  letter  card  of  5  centesimi,  with  a  stamp  the 
design  of  which  is  a  shield  with  a  Savoy  cross  upon  it,  surmounted 
by  a  crown,  on  a  solid  ground,  within  an  upright  oval  band  in- 
scribed at  the  top  "poste  italiane,"  and  in  the  lower  part 
"  centesimi  cinque  ; "  the  numerals  of  value  being  also  in  circles 
in  each  angle.  The  inscription  on  the  card  is,  "  biglietto  post  ale 
— da  5  centesimi,"  in  two  lines,  followed  by  three  lines  for  the 
address,  the  first  of  which  is  preceded  by  a  in  script. 
Letter  Card.     5  centesimi,  green  on  neutral  grey. 

Jhind. — The  envelopes  of  \  anna  and  1  anna,  and  the  post 
card  of  \  anna,  with  its  corresponding  reply,  come  to  hand  with 
the  Arms  in  black. 

Envelopes.     \  anna,  green,  overprint  in  black  ;  Arms  in  black. 
1     ,,      chocolate  ,,  „ 

Post  Cards.     J    ,,      red-brown  on  buff,  overprint  in  black  ;  Arms  in  black. 

Norway. — On  the  1st  July  last  an  issue  of 
unpaid  letter  stamps  was  made,  of  the  design 
shown  in  the  annexed  engraving.  The  impression 
is  on  white  paper,  watermarked  with  "posthorn," 
and  the  stamps  are  perforated  13£. 

Unpaid  Letter  Stamps. 
1  ore,  grey-bistre.  |  10  ore,  carmine.  |  50  ore,  carmine. 

Peru. — In  March  last  we  copied  from  a  contemporary  a  notice 
regarding  a  re-issue  of  certain  stamps  of  Arequipa,  with  illus- 
trations. The  authenticity  of  these  stamps  was  disputed  by  the 
Lima  Philatelic  Society,  and  we  have  also  received  a  letter  from  a 
very  well-known  firm  of  dealers  in  New  York  regarding  them.  We 
have  consequently  made  enquiries,  and  find  that  the  engraver  made 
an  error  in  the  numerals,  which  should  have  been  1883,  and  not 
1888,  and  the  description  was  given  on  that  assumption.  The 
engraver  is  further  in  error  in  the  inscription,  which  is  "depar- 
mentos  del  sur",  the  stamp  being  originally  a  fiscal  one,  but 
surcharged  for  postal  use.  The  stamps  have  been  known  for  long 
past,  and  are,  we  believe,  mentioned  in  the  catalogue  of  the 
"  South  American  Philatelic  Society." 

Philippines. — The  Timbre-Poste  announces  the  1  c.  de  peso  in 
yellow-green,  of  the  same  design  as  the  current  issue. 
Adhesive.     1  c.  de  peso,  yellow-green. 

Russia. — Simplicity  seems  to  be  the  chief  feature  in  the  new 
issue  of  the  post  card  of  3  kopecs,  with  its  corresponding  reply. 
The  new  issue  is  only  headed  "  Post  Card  "  in  Russian.  Under- 
neath are  six  dotted  lines  for  the  address,  and  the  stamp  is  of  the 
1886  type.     The  reply  card  is  similar,  with  the  addition  of  words 


152  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 

denoting  "with  reply  paid,"  and  "reply"  under  the  words  "Post 
Card."  The  impression  is  on  the  first  and  third  sides.  There  is 
also  a  reply  card  corresponding  to  the  single  card  of  4  kopecs 
mentioned  in  our  last,  differing  only  from  the  single  one  by  the 
introduction  of  similar  words.     The  cards  are  all  buff. 

Post  Cards.     3  kopecs,  carmine  on  buff ;  new  issue. 

3  +  3      ,,  ,,  ,, 

4  +  4       „ 

Selangor. — We  have  the  2  cents,  pink,  of  the  Straits  Settle- 
ments overprinted  in  black  with  "  selangor,"  in  block  letters, 
vertically,  reading  upwards.     Length  of  surcharge  18  mm. 
Adhesive.     2  cents,  pink,  overprinted  in  black,  vertically. 

Shanghai. — The  American  Philatelist  reports  the  surcharge  of 
the  100  cash,  blue,  with  " 20  cash"  in  red. 

20  cash  on  100  cash,  blue,  surcharged  in  red. 

Surinam. — VAmi  des  Timbres  announces  a  new  issue  of  post 
cards,  but  without  any  change  in  design. 

Post  Cards.     2|  cents,  carmine  on  pink. 
2i  +  2i    „ 

5       ,,       violet  on  blue. 
5  +  5      „ 

Telegraph  Stamps. — Ceylon. — The  game  still  goes  on.  If 
our  readers  will  kindly  turn  to  our  catalogue  of  these  surcharges, 
we  will  add  the  latest  arrivals  in  their  proper  places. 

la.  12  Cents. — Stamp  of  25  cents,  green  (2nd  Type),  with  the 
value  at  the  top  and  bottom,  barred  by  two  black  lines,  "12 
cents  "  in  small  thick  capitals  of  2  mm.  below  or  above,  and  large 
figures  12  near  the  centre. 

12  cents  on  25  cents,  green  (2nd  Type),  surcharged  in  black. 

6a.  20  Cents. — Stamp  similar  to  Xo.  6,  save  that  the  value  top 
and  bottom  is  barred  by  a  single  black  line,  and  "  20  cents  "  in 
small  thick  capitals  of  2  mm.  over  the  heads. 

20  cents  on  50  cents,  blue,  surcharged  in  black. 

31a.  60  Cents. — Stamp  of  two  rupees  fifty  cents,  similar  to 
No.  31,  but  with  "Fifty"  surcharged  in  black  with  "60." 
60  cents  on  2  rupees  50  cents,  slate-grey,  surcharged  in  black. 

40a.  80  Cents. — Stamp  of  1  rupee  (2nd  Type),  with  the  value 
at  the  top  and  bottom,  barred  by  a  single  line,  "80  cents  "  in 
small  thick  capitals  of  2  mm.  below  or  above ;  the  value  in  the 
centre,  barred  by  a  single  line,  with  "  80  "  in  large  numerals  above 
and  below. 

80  cents  on  1  rupee,  Yenetian-red  (2nd  Type),  surcharged  in  black. 

4:2a.  SO  Cents. — Stamp  of  two  rupees  fifty  cents,  with  the 
original  value  at  the  top  and  bottom,  barred  by  two  black  lines 
and  80  cents  in  small  thick  capitals  of  2  mm.  over  the  heads. 
80  cents  on  2  rupees  50  cents,  slate-grey,  surcharged  in  black. 


THE   EARLY    STAMPS    OF   GREAT   BRITAIN.  153 

4:2b.  80  Cents. — Similar  stamp,  with  the  original  values  at  the 
top  and  bottom,  surcharged  in  black,  with  "  80  "  in  large  numerals, 
and  with  "  cents  "  in  capitals  of  2^  mm.  below  or  above. 

80  cents  80  cents  on  2  rupees  50  cents,  slate-grey,  surcharged  in  black. 

Turk's  Islands. — The  new  printing  comes  to  hand  in  driblets. 
We  have  now  the  1  penny  in  carmine,  on  paper  watermarked 
g  CA,  and  perforated  14. 

Adhesive.     1  penny,  carmime  ;  watermarked  §g  CA ;  per/.  14. 

Western  Australia. — The  colour  of  the  Two  Pence  is  now 
slate-grey. 

AdJiesive.     2  pence,  slate-grey  ;  watermark  gg  C  A  ;  per/.  24. 

Zululand. — Many  of  our  contemporaries  have  announced  the 
overprint  of  the  ljd.,  2~d.,  and  5d.  of  the  current  stamps  of 
Great  Britain  with  "  zululand.5'  We  are  officially  informed  that 
no  stamps  of  Great  Britain  have  ever  been  overprinted  for  Zululand 
other  than  the  £d.,  Id.,  2d.,  3d.,  4d.,  and  6d.,  all  of  the  current  issue. 


THE  EARLY  STAMPS  OF  GREAT  BRITAIN. 


A  few  days  since  a  collector  called  upon  me  (I  do  not  know  that  I  am 
authorized  to  mention  his  name,  and  therefore  abstain  from  doing  so  :  but 
he  was  evidently  a  most  painstaking  and  careful  investigator).  The  object  of 
his  visit  was  to  show  me  some  English  stamps  which  he  had  studied  side  by 
side  with  The  Postage  and  Telegraph  Stamps  of  Great  Britain,  and  the 
appendix  that  appeared  in  the  Philatelic  Record,  the  stamps  having  come 
into  his  possession  in  looking  through  the  old  correspondence  of  a  large  firm. 

In  the  Philatelic  Record,  1883,  p.  95,  it  is  stated  that  perforated  one 
penny  stamps  were  not  issued  to  the  public  before  May,  1854.  He  showed 
me  the  following  perforated  16,  on  the  original  envelopes,  with  dated  stamps, 
and  obliterations  extending  over  the  edges  of  the  stamps  :  8.3.54,  27.3.54, 
10.4.54,  15.4.54,  15.4.54,  24.4.54,  25.4.54.  Some,  therefore,  must  have  been 
issued  as  early  as  March. 

At  page  68  the  alteration  of  the  perforation  from  16  to  14  is  said  to  have 
taken  place  early  in  March,  1855.  He  showed  me  one  perforated  14  dated 
24.2.55. 

At  page  80,  writing  of  the  change  of  watermark  from  small  to  large 
crown,  reasoning  from  the  date  of  registration  of  the  plates,  the  change 
is  said  to  have  taken  place  about  November,  1855,  fifteen  plates  having  been 
registered  on  the  12th  November,  1855,  of  which  nine  were  on  "small 
crown"  paper,  and  the  rest  on  "large  crown. "  He  showed  me  two  on 
"large  crown,"  dated  4.10.55  and  18.10.55,  so  that  the  stamps  must  have 
been  in  use  before  the  large  batch  of  plates  was  registered  on  12.11.55. 

In  the  Postage  and  Telegraph  Stamps,  page  182,  the  date  of  the  change 
in  form  of  the  envelopes  from  the  straight  flap  to  the  tongue-shaped,  with 
seal  device,  is  given  as  1851-52.  He  showed  me  two  of  the  second  size,  one 
dated  2.7.50,  from  die  76,  and  the  other  dated  18.8.50,  from  die  73. 

Lastly  he  showed  me  a  one  penny  stamp  on  an  envelope,  obliterated  with 
the  mark  of  large  numerals  within  bars,  arranged  in  an  oval  shape,  the 
obliteration  being  partly  on  the  stamp  and  partly  on  the  envelope,  the 
stamp  being  "  small  crown,"  perforated  16,  and  the  envelope  clearly  dated 
25.4.51.  The  perforation  was  clean  cut,  gauging  exactly  with  the  usual  16 
perforation.  This  I  am  unable  to  account  for,  unless  to  suppose  it  to  be  one 
of  Archer's  experiments.  \y#  A.  S.  Westoby. 

August  20th,  1889. 


154  SOME   TASMANIAN    STAMPS. 


SOME   TASMANIAN    STAMPS, 

By    A.    F.    BASSET    HULL. 
(Continued  from  page  128.) 


THE  POSTAGE  STAMPS  OF  TASMANIA. 

The  following  remarks  as  to  the  origin  of  the  postage  stamps  of  Tasmania 
may  prove  interesting. 

Halfpenny  (orange,  Queen's  head). — This  stamp  is  quite  a  recent  arrival, 
the  Act  imposing  a  postage  on  newspapers  having  only  come  into  force  on 
January  1st  of  this  year.  A  plate  for  printing  stamps  of  this  value  was 
ordered  from  Melbourne  last  year,  but  some  delay  took  place  in  furnishing 
it,  and  a  supply  of  Id.  stamps  was  provisionally  overprinted  with  the  word 
"  halfpenny  "  in  black,  and  issued  for  use  until  the  arrival  of  the  Melbourne 
plate,  stamps  from  which,  printed  in  bright  orange,  were  issued  to  the  public 
on  the  8th  inst. 

One  Penny  (carmine,  Queen's  head). — The  stamp  now  actually  in  use  was 
engraved  and  printed  by  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  of  London,  the  first  supply 
being  issued  in  1878,  since  which  date  three  separate  electros  have  been 
prepared,  owing  to  the  wearing  of  the  plate.  One  Penny  (vermilion,  Queen's 
head),  which  was  provisionally  in  use  from  February  11th  to  the  20th  inst., 
was  issued  owing  to  a  temporary  exhaustion  of  the  carmine  stamp,  120,000  of 
which  had  been  used  for  the  overprinted  |d.  A  supply  of  the  carmine  stamps 
ordered  from  London  had  been  sent  by  sailing  ship  instead  of  steamer,  thus 
delaying  delivery.  This  vermilion  impression  was  printed  from  the  old 
copper-plate  engraved  by  De  la  Rue  in  1870,  now  in  the  Treasury.  This 
accoimts  for  its  indistinct  appearance,  for  the  plate  was  condemned  as  worn 
out  in  1878. 

Twopence  (green,  Queen's  head). — Engraved  and  printed  by  De  la  Rue 
and  Co.,  of  London,  first  supply  issued  in  1878,  since  which  date  no  less  than 
five  transfers,  or  fresh  electros,  have  been  made. 

Threepence  (brown). — This  is  one  of  the  platypus  stamps  originally  issued 
as  a  fiscal  stamp  in  1879.  In  18S2  the  Post  Office  Act  authorised  the  use  of 
fiscals  as  postals  and  vice  versa.  In  common  with  the  6d.  and  Is.  of  the 
same  type,  it  was  engraved  and  printed  by  De  la  Rue  and  Co.,  of  London,  in 
1879. 

Fourpence  (yellow,  Queen's  head). — "Was  engraved  by  De  la  Rue  and  Co., 
in  1870,  and  first  printed  in  blue,  withdrawn  in  1872,  and  re-issued  in  1876 
in  yellow,  printed  at  the  Government  Printing  Office,  Hobart,  since  which 
date  it  has  appeared  in  many  shades  of  yellow,  all  more  or  less  faint  until  the 
stamp  at  present  issued,  which  is  a  very  poor  production  indeed,  being  almost 
indistinguishable  from  a  yellow  stain  on  white  paper.  It  is  quite  time  that 
a  new  plate  of  this  value  were  prepared. 

Sixpence  (mauve),  platypus  type.     See  remarks  on  3d. 

Eightpence  (grey  lilac,  Queen's  head). — Engraved  and  printed  by  De  la 
Rue  and  Co.  in  1878.  Originally  intended  for  Brindisi  postage ;  since 
reduced  to  6d. 

Ninepence  (blue,  Queen's  head). — Engraved  by  De  la  Rue  in  1871,  and 
printed  at  the  Government  Printing  Office,  Hobart ;  used  for  continental 
postage. 

Tenpence  (black,  Queen's  head).— Same  engraver  and  printer  as  9d.  The 
paper  on  Avhich  it  is  printed  is  some  that  was  borrowed  from  Sydney  in  1870, 


SOME   TASMAN1AN   STAMPS.  155 

the  date  of  its  issue.  Originally  intended  for  postage  via  Marseilles,  a  route 
since  abolished. 

One  Shilling  (rose  carmine). — Platypus  type.    See  remarks  on  3d. 

Two  Shillings  and  Sixpence  (carmine)  is  one  of  the  old  bill  stamps  en- 
graved by  Bock  in  Hobart  in  1863,  bears  the  design  of  St.  George  and  the 
dragon,  and  is  very  much  worn  in  parts.  Owing  to  its  having  been  engraved 
before  perforation  came  into  fashion  the  stamps  are  placed  very  irregularly 
on  the  sheet,  the  result  being  that  the  perforation  mutilates  many  specimens 
by  cutting  off  a  portion  of  the  design.  In  1888  the  plate,  which  contains 
240  impressions,  was  cut  in  halves,  a  much  better  result  being  thus  obtained 
in  the  way  of  clearness  of  printing. 

Five  Shillings  (violet-red,  Queen's  head). — Engraved  by  De  la  Rue,  1871, 
and  printed  at  the  Government  Printing  Office.  Plate  rather  worn  from 
long  use. 

Ten  Shillings  (orange). — Engraved  for  fiscal  purposes  in  1863  by  Perkins 
and  Bacon,  of  London.  Another  of  the  St.  George  and  Dragon  type,  and 
also  worn. 

Thus  at  the  present  time  we  have  three  distinct  series  or  types  of  stamps, 
issued  originally  for  both  fiscal  and  postal  purposes,  rubbing  along  side  by 
side ;  the  old  St.  George  and  Dragon,  with  his  venerable  record  of  twenty- 
six  years'  service,  shaking  hands  over  the  counter  with  the  pert  little  Jd. 
Queen's  head  stamp  of  only  a  few  weeks'  existence  ;  while  the  artistic  but 
unofficial-looking  platypus  sits  perched  on  the  log,  ever  going  to  slide  into 
the  water,  but  never  sliding,  waiting  and  wondering  how  much  longer  he  is 
going  to  do  postal  duty,  all  the  while  declaring  himself  a  "stamp  duty"  or 
fiscal.  _  The  De  la  Rue  Id.  and  2d.  are  by  far  the  neatest  and  best  for  design 
and  printing  of  the  stamps  of  the  Australian  colonies  ;  but  some  of  the 
others  might  certainly  be  improved  both  as  to  design  and  printing. 


A  TASMANIAN   RESUSCITATION. 

Amongst  some  stamps  which  came  to  my  hands  a  few  days  ago  I  found 
what  appears  to  be  an  undoubtedly  authentic  case  of  bisection.  Unfortu- 
nately just  at  present  bisections,  both  old  and  new,  are  regarded  with  an 
eye  of  distrust,  unless  accompanied  by  some  documentary  evidence  to 
support  them ;  and  we  have  also  that  notable  case  of  the  bisected  Two- 
pence of  "Scottsdale"  (Tas.)  parentage,  which  called  forth  such  an  un- 
qualified official  denial,  to  still  further  place  similar  Tasmanian  fragments 
under  the  gravest  suspicion. 

My  discovery,  however,  seems  to  have  nothing  about  it  to  suggest  the 
idea  of  tampering  with  post  officials  by  too  zealous  manufacturers  of 
philatelic  curiosities ;  for  its  age  is  its  protection  in  this  respect,  as  the 
following  description  will  prove  : 

The  stamp  is  the  imperforate  Twopence,  "Van  Diemen's  Land,"  of  the 
sage-green  shade  peculiar  to  the  printings  of  1859-63,  and  is  bisected  ver- 
tically, as  exactly  in  the  centre  of  the  stamp  as  if  the  postmaster  had 
practically  applied  the  tenth  proposition  of  the  first  book  of  Euclid  to  its 
due  severance  !  The  cutting  has  evidently  been  done  with  a  penknife,  as 
is  shown  by  the  dented  appearance  of  the  edge.  The  envelope  displaying 
this  curiosity  is  entire,  but  is  absolutely  without  date,  the  letter  which  it 
contained  having  been  removed  and  destroyed  before  the  cover  came  into 
my  possession.  The  stamp  is  cancelled  with  a  "criss-cross"  pen-and-ink 
obliteration,  which  contains  no  number  or  figure  which  would  afford  a  clue 
as  to  the  date  or  the  post-office  from  which  it  emanated. 

This  variety  of  cancellation,  which  is  found  on  many  of  the  stamps  from 
1854-64,  may  be  explained  by  the  fact  that  on  the  9th  May,  1854,  a  circular 
was  issued  from  the  General  Post  Office,  Hobart,  to  all  postmasters,  calling 
attention  to  the  fact  of  stamps  having  been  frequently  allowed  to  pass 
without  being  duly  obliterated,  and  directing  great  care  in  the  obliteration 


156  SOME   TASMANIAN    STAMPS. 

by  means  of  the  numbered  stamp,  and  stating,  that  "  in  the  event  of  any 
postmaster  being  out  of  printing  ink,  the  postage  stamps  were  to  be  ob- 
literated with  a  common  pen  and  ink,  thus 


l_L 
I    I 


The  postmaster  who  conceived  the  idea  of  temporarily  overcoming  the 
difficulty  occasioned  by  his  running  out  of  penny  stamps,  had  also  evidently 
exhausted  his  stock  of  printing  ink,  and  hence  the  criss-cross  cancellation 
and  the  absence  of  a  postmark  bearing  the  name  of  the  township.  The 
One  Penny  stamp  was  used  for  town  letters  only,  consequently  the  bisected 
stamp  would  represent  that  rate ;  and  there  being  no  postmark  of  a 
receiving-office,  it  may  be  taken  for  granted  that  the  letter  was  a  drop 
letter ;  i.e.  one  for  delivery  within  the  limits  of  the  township  in  which  it 
was  posted.  Again,  from  1856  to  1863,  the  Twopenny  stamp  was  used 
solely  for  town  letters  exceeding  the  regulation  half-ounce  weight ;  and 
from  1863  to  1868  that  rate  was  fixed  for  "suburban  letters  for  delivery 
within  five  miles  from  Hobart  and  Launceston  only."  The  stamp  under 
discussion  was  on  a  letter  which,  from  its  small  size  and  flatness,  could 
scarcely  have  exceeded  the  half-ounce ;  and  as  it  was  addressed  to  Sorell, 
which  is  situated  133  miles  from  Launceston,  and  12  from  Hobart,  it  could 
not  have  been  a  suburban  letter. 

I  think,  therefore,  that  notwithstanding  the  absence  of  date  stamps, 
postmarks,  and  any  very  definite  information,  this  resuscitation  may  fairly 
be  considered  an  authentic  case  of  bisection  through  necessity,  owing  to  the 
temporary  exhaustion  of  One  Penny  stamps  at  Sorell. 

I  submitted  the  above  to  the  present  secretary  of  the  Post  Office,  Hobart, 
who  at  once  stated  that  it  was  no  uncommon  occurrence,  in  cases  where 
postmasters  temporarily  exhausted  their  stock  of  Id.  or  2d.  stamps,  to 
bisect  a  higher  value ;  but  at  no  time  was  the  practice  officially  approved 
of  or  recognised. 

5th  June,  1889.  


To  the  Editor  of  "  The  Philatelic  Record." 

Sir,— Since  my  letter  of  the  5th  inst.,  in  the  course  of  my  researches  in 
the  Post  Office  Department  I  have  found  the  following  interesting  cor- 
respondence : 

"Post  Office,  Launceston-,  12  July,  1858. 

"  Sir, — I  have  the  honor  to  inform  you  that  in  the  mail  which 
arrived  from  Port  Sorell  to-day  were  twenty  letters  ;  envelopes  of 
some  of  the  letters  in  question  I  enclose.  You  will  perceive,  in 
addition  to  the  fourpenny  stamp,  that  another  stamp  has  been  cut 
in  half  to  make  up  the  sixpenny  rate.  As  the  letters  were  addressed 
to  different  parts,  I  could  do  no  other  than  forward  them,  as  the 
blame  evidently  rests  with  the  Postmaster  at  that  station  in  allowing 
himself  to  run  short  of  twopenny  stamps. 

"  I  have  the  honor  to  be,  sir,  your  obedient  servant, 

"  W.  WiNDEATT,/or  the  Postmaster. 

"The  Secretary, 
"General  Post  Office,  Hobart  Town." 

This  letter  is  endorsed  : 

"  Referred  to  the  Postmaster  to  Port  Sorell  for  his  report.  One 
case  of  this  description  has  been  recently  brought  under  the  notice 
of  the  Government,  and  has  been  considered  such  an  extraordinary 
procedure,  that  it  was  supposed  no  second  person  could  be  found  to 
adopt  such  a  course — at  all  events  without  seeking  information 
from  head-quarters  whether  such  a  peculiar  mode  could  by  any 
possibility  be  sanctioned. 

"  S.  T.  Hardinge,  Secretary. 

"Gen.  Post  Office,  July  13th,  185S." 


THE   UNWATERMARKED    STAMPS    OF    CEYLON.  157 

There  is  no  record  of  a  report  from  the  Postmaster  at  Port  Sorell.  Here 
we  have  unquestionable  evidence  of  at  least  twenty  4d.  stamps  having  been 
bisected;  and  although  not  officially  authorized,  they  certainly  did  postal 
duty,  in  that  state.  21  Vict.  No.  38,  "  The  Post  Office  Act,  1858,"  raised  the 
inland  rate  of  postage  to  6d.  for  every  half  ounce,  and  was  in  force  from 
1st  March  to  31st  December,  1858.  Although  the  6d.  stamps  were  received 
from  England  in  January,  1858,  country  postmasters  were  slow  to  make  use 
of  them,  preferring  to  use  a  2d.  and  a  4d.  to  make  up  the  rate.  This  "  Port 
Sorell"  must  not  be  confounded  with  the  "Sorell"  from  whence  emanated 
the  bisected  2d.  referred  to  in  my  letter  of  the  5th  inst.,  for  the  two  places 
are  at  opposite  extremes  of  the  island,  250  miles  apart.  It  is  just  possible 
that  the  one  case  referred  to  in  Mr.  Hardinge's  remarks  may  be  the  "  Sorell " 
case,  although  from  the  peculiar  shade  of  the  stamp  in  question  I  supposed 
it  to  date  about  1863.  Yours  very  truly, 

A.  F.  Basset  Hull. 

Hobart,  June  26th,  1889. 


THE  UNWATERMARKED  STAMPS  OF  CEYLON, 

By  MAJOR  E.  B.  EVANS,  E.A. 


I  have  been  reading  with  great  interest  Mr.  Thornhill's  paper  on  "The 
Stamps  of  Ceylon,"  in  the  April  number  of  The  Philatelic  Record,  and 
venture  to  offer  a  few  humble  remarks  in  defence  of  my  much-abused 
shrinkage  or  expansion  theory  in  connection  with  the  varieties  of  size  of 
certain  stamps. 

When  I  first  propounded  this  theory  I  had  no  experience  of  my  own  to  go 
upon,  but  was  guided  entirely  by  what  had  then  been  published  upon  the 
subject.  From  this  it  appeared  that  specimens  of  certain  values  existed 
upon  a  particular  kind  of  paper,  either  having  no  watermark  or  showing 
none,  that  all  these  specimens  were  slightly  shorter  (perhaps  smaller 
altogether  than  the  ordinary  stamps,  and  that  they  were  perforated  13, 
which  no  other  Ceylon  stamps  were  known  to  be  ;  and  it  still  appears  to  be 
the  fact  that  all  stamps  on  that  particular  kind  of  paper  are  shorter  than 
the  normal,  and  that,  although  there  are  equally  short  stamps  on  different 
paper,  no  others  are  perforated  13. 

It  seemed  to  me,  at  the  time,  that  these  three  peculiarities — the  paper, 
the  size  of  the  stamps,  and  the  guage  of  the  perforation — might  be  con- 
nected together,  and  my  theory  was  that  the  paper  accounted  for  the  other 
two.  There  is  a  very  excellent  reason,  which  I  will  leave  it  to  others  to 
discover,  why  it  should  not  account  for  the  perforation ;  but  I  still  believe 
that  it  is  quite  capable  of  accounting  for  all  the  differences  in  size. 

First  let  me  say  a  few  words  on  the  subject  of  the  theory  of  differences 
in  the  sizes  of  the  plates.  When  I  used  the  word  plates  in  my  note  I 
meant  plates,  not  matrices.  I  believed,  and  still  believe,  that  both  the 
short  stamps  and  the  long  were  printed  from  the  same  actual  plates.  I  was 
not  aware  of  the  existence  of  short  stamps  on  Crown  and  C  C  paper,  or  I 
should  have  accounted  for  them  in  the  same  way  ;  and  the  fact  mentioned 
by  Mr.  Thornhill,  that  hardly  two  stamps  of  the  same  value  are  to  be  found 
of  exactly  the  same  size,  surely  bears  out  my  theory,  unless  we  are  to 
suppose  that  every  type  on  the  plate  varied  in  size,  which  would  be  against 
the  perfection  of  Mr.  Perkins'  invention. 

It  would,  perhaps,  be  possible  to  make  a  difference  in  the  dimensions  of 
the  plates  by  expansion  and  shrinkage  of  the  rollers  or  the  plates  them- 
selves. But  it  would  be  a  very  delicate  operation,  and,  if  a  uniform 
temperature  were  used,  which  probably  would  be  the  case,  we  might 
expect  to  find  that  the  shrinkage  was  very  uniform  indeed.  I  borrow 
Mr.  Tapling's  argument  on  this  point.    But  if  the  plates  first  constructed 


158  THE   UNWATERMARKED    STAMPS    OP   CEYLON. 

were  found  to  be  too  large  for  the  star-watermarked  paper,  it  would  have 
been  far  simpler  to  make  smaller  ones  by  reducing  the  number  of  rows  of 
stamps  than  by  shrinkage  of  the  rollers  or  plates,  the  practicability  of 
which  I  very  much  doubt. 

I  do  not  know  how  many  stamps  there  were  on  the  sheets  of  the  early 
Ceylon,  but  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.'s  plates  were  not  always 
constructed  for  240.  The  first  stamps  they  printed  for  a  British  colony 
(the  Mauritius  "Britannias")  were  in  sheets  of  216;  the  Newfoundland 
3d.  in  sheets  of  80 ;  5d.  (and  probably  Id.  also)  in  sheets  of  40 ;  and  the 
other  values  in  sheets  of  20;  while  the  Turks'  Islands  Id.,  6d.,  and  Is. 
are  in  sheets  of  30.  I  mention  these  facts  simply  to  show  that  the  firm 
were  accustomed  to  the  construction  and  handling  of  plates  containing 
various  numbers  of  impressions.  We  know  also  that  they  did  employ  un- 
Avatermarked  paper  for  various  stamps,  and  that  for  some  years  they 
supplied  New  Zealand  with  stamps  perforated  13,  or  very  nearly  so ; 
whereas  I  do  not  think  any  of  Messrs.  De  La  Rue  and  Co.'s  stamps  are 
found  either  upon  this  particular  kind  of  paper,  or  perforated  13. 

All  this  would  seem  to  denote  the  probability  that  these  stamps  were 
printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.,  and  not  by  Messrs.  De  La 
Rue  and  Co.  In  any  case,  we  have  the  fact  that  the  plates  of  reduced 
size  (if  such  exist)  were  made  by  the  former  firm,  and  not  by  the  latter. 
We  must  suppose,  that  if  they  were  made  at  all,  they  were  made  for  some 
special  reason,  and  the  only  reason  assigned  is  that  they  were  to  fit  the 
star-watermarked  paper.  We  are  then  met  by  the  fact  that  Perkins, 
Bacon,  and  Co.  printed  stamps  from  the  full-sized  plates  on  the  star- 
watermarked  paper  for  some  six  years,  and  we  are  asked  to  suppose  that 
they  then  constructed  special  plates  for  this  paper,  but  either  never  used 
them  at  all,  or  printed  from  them  only  on  unwatermarked  paper,  for  which 
the  size  of  the  plates  was  of  no  consequence. 

If  we  suppose  that  the  stamps  in  question  were  printed  by  De  La  Rue 
and  Co. ,  we  must  take  it  that  at  first  (until  they  adopted  the  Crown  and 
C  C  paper)  they  used  only  the  short  plates  and  perforated  the  stamps  13, 
while  at  the  very  same  time  they  were  printing  the  Jd.  stamps  on  a 
perfectly  different  paper,  and  perforating  them  12^  ;  that  they  then  took 
to  the  larger  plates  almost  exclusively,  for  the  small  size  was  supposed  to 
be  distinctive  of  the  unwatermarked  stamps  even  as  late  as  1874 ;  and  I 
presume  the  short  Crown  and  C  C  stamps  are  not  common,  though  research 
seems  to  show  that  the  dimensions  of  the  stamps  produced  during  that 
period  were  even  more  variable  than  before. 

With  reference  to  the  shrinkage  theory,  I  confess  that  Mr.  Thornhill's 
statement,  that  "forty-eight  hours'  soaking  makes  not  the  slightest 
difference,"  rather  took  me  aback.  I  had  not  previously  made  any  ex- 
periments myself,  but  we  all  know  that  paper  does  expand  when  wetted. 
Drop  a  drop  of  water  in  the  middle  of  a  sheet  of  paper,  or,  better  still,  wet 
the  margin  of  it,  and  it  will  cockle  up  in  a  way  that  shows  very  appreciable 
expansion.  If  the  stamps  that  Mr.  Thornhill  tried  did  not  expand,  they 
must  have  been  made  of  very  peculiar  paper. 

In  printing  the  stamps,  however,  the  paper  would  not  be  left  simply  to 
expand  naturally  with  the  moisture.  I  presume  that  it  would  be  stretched 
tight  and  smooth  in  the  first  instance,  and  then  subjected  to  considerable 
pressure,  which  would  produce  a  good  deal  of  expansion. 

The  greatest  difference  in  size  shown  in  Mr.  Thornhill's  table  is  1  mm. ; 
the  great  majority  show  only  a  difference  of  |  mm.  to  f  mm.  The  greatest 
expansion  (and  contraction)  that  we  want,  therefore,  is  less  than  four  per  cent. 
I  experimented  first  with  a  strip  of  thin,  tough  note  paper.  I  measured 
accurately  a  certain  space  along  it  near  the  centre  ;  I  then  wetted  it  with  a 
brush  on  both  sides,  and  almost  immediately  dried  it  between  blotting- 
paper.  I  measured  it  again,  laying  it  on  a  boxwood  ruler,  and  found  it 
had  expanded  some  three  per  cent.,  and  on  stretching  it  I  increased  the 
expansion  to  eight  per  cent,  without  difficulty.  I  then  tried  some  of  the 
1863  Newfoundland  stamps,  which  I  believe  to  be  on  almost  the  same 


PHILATELIC    SOCIETY    OF   LONDON.  159 

nature  of  paper  as  the  unwatermarked  Ceylon,  and  of  which  I  happened 
to  have  some  groups  large  enough  for  the  purpose,  and  they  gave  precisely 
similar  results.  Paper  of  that  description  will  stretch  very  considerably 
when  damp,  and  a  careful  study  of  Mr.  Thornhill's  table  leaves  me  more 
than  ever  convinced  that  the  numberless  variations  in  size  there  shown  are 
due  to  that  cause. 

With  reference  to  the  supposed  unwatermarked  long  stamps,  I  agree  with 
Mr.  Thornhill  that  they  are  probably  from  sheets  with  the  Crown  and  C  C 
watermark,  and  if  we  knew  how  many  stamps  there  were  on  the  plates  we 
could  probably  account  for  this.  I  believe  all  the  Crown  and  CC  paper 
was  watermarked  in  panes — four  panes  of  60,  in  ten  horizontal  rows  of  six, 
with  a  single  line  round  each  pane,  a  narrow  space  down  the  centre  of  the 
sheet,  and  a  wider  one  across  watermarked  crown  colonies,  which  words 
were  repeated  twice  along  each  side ;  no  watermark  in  the  top  and  bottom 
margins. 

This  was  the  paper  used  for  Mauritius  stamps  as  early  as  1863,  and  I  do 
not  think  the  form  was  ever  changed.  If  large  plates,  with  the  stamps  not 
arranged  in  panes,  were  employed  with  this  paper,  the  centre  row  of  each 
sheet  would  be  watermarked  crown  colonies,  and  possibly  some  of  the 
outer  rows  would  fall  on  the  margins,  and  be  watermarked  with  the  same 
words,  or  not  watermarked  at  all,  while  the  central  vertical  space  should  be 
divided  between  the  two  central  vertical  rows  of  stamps,  which  would  also 
show  the  Crown  and  C  C,  or  part  of  it.  May  we  suppose  that  smaller  plates 
were  made  of  some  of  the  values — those  least  required — and  that  these 
could  be  printed  on  the  Crown  and  CC  paper  without  crossing  the  boundaries 
of  the  panes,  or  trespassing  on  the  margins  of  the  sheets  i 

[Though  we  fully  acknowledge  the  ingenious  mode  by  which  our  friend 
Major  Evans  supports  his  theory  of  the  shrinkage,  yet  we  think  that  the 
experiment  falls  short  of  proving  the  case  in  one  material  point.  Why,  of 
all  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.'s  stamps,  should  the  Ceylon  stamps  be 
sinners  above  the  others?  If  the  Newfoundland  stamps  showed  similar 
variations  in  longitude  and  latitude,  then  we  could  look  with  more  favour 
on  the  shrinkage  theory,  and  with  more  hope  that  it  might  present  a  solution 
of  the  difficulty ;  but  though  we  have  long  known  of  the  longitudinal  varia- 
tion in  the  Ceylon  stamps,  we  have  never  heard  of  its  having  been  found 
in  any  others  of  those  printed  either  by  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co. ,  or 
from  their  plates. — Ed.] 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON, 


COMMITTEE  FOR  THE  YEAR  1888-89. 

President — F.  A.  Philbrick,  Q.C. 

Vice-President— -T.  K.  Tapling,  M.P. 

Secretary — D.  Garth.      Assistant-Secretary— J ".  A.  Tilleard. 

Treasurer  and  Librarian — C.  N.  Biggs. 

E.  D.  Bacon.  A.  W.  Chambers. 

M.  P.  Castle.  Dr.  C  W.  Viner. 

The  thirteenth  meeting  of  the  season  was  held  at  the  Salisbury  Hotel, 
Fleet  Street,  on  Friday,  the  12th  April,  1889,  at  7.30  p.m.,  and  was 
attended  by  sixteen  members,  including  the  President  and  the  Vice- 
President,  who  occupied  the  chair.  The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were 
read  and  duly  confirmed.  In  accordance  with  the  Society's  Statute  No.  14 
the  treasurer  presented  to  the  committee  his  balance-sheet  of  the  year,  and 


160  PHILATELIC   SOCIETY   OP   LONDON. 

Mr.  C.  Colman  and  Mr.  A.  W.  Chambers  being  duly  proposed  and  seconded, 
were  appointed  auditors  of  the  year's  accounts.  It  was  resolved  that  owing 
to  the  Easter  vacation  the  next  meeting  of  the  Society  should  be  held  on 
the  3rd  May.  The  revision  of  the  reference  lists  of  the  stamps  of  Jamaica 
and  Montserrat  concluded  the  business  of  the  evening. 


The  fourteenth  meeting  of  the  season  was  held  at  the  Salisbury  Hotel 
on  Friday,  the  3rd  May,  at  7.30  p.m.,  eighteen  members  and  one  visitor 
being  present.  The  chair  was  taken  by  the  President,  and  the  minutes 
of  the  last  meeting  were  read  and  confirmed.  Mr.  Bacon  read  a  paper  on 
the  stamps  of  British  Guiana,  containing  much  important  and  valuable 
information  not  before  published  in  regard  to  some  of  the  provisional  issues, 
and  verified  by  an  exhaustive  reference  to  and  quotations  from  the  official 
gazettes  of  the  colony.  On  the  motion  of  the  Vice-President,  seconded  by 
the  Earl  of  Kingston,  a  cordial  vote  of  thanks  was  accorded  to  Mr.  Bacon 
for  his  most  interesting  and  valuable  paper. 


The  fifteenth  meeting  of  the  season  was  held  at  the  Salisbury  Hotel, 
Fleet  Street,  on  Friday,  the  17th  May,  1889,  at  7.30  p.m.  Thirteen 
members  and  one  visitor  were  in  attendance,  Mr.  M.  P.  Castle  occupying 
the  chair.  After  the  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  had  been  read  and  con- 
firmed, Mr.  Arthur  Johnson,  proposed  by  Mr.  Bacon,  and  seconded  by  the 
Secretary,  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Society.  The  revision  of  the 
Society's  reference  lists  of  the  stamps  of  St.  Christopher  and  Nevis 
occupied  the  remainder  of  the  business  portion  of  the  evening. 


The  sixteenth  meeting  of  the  season— being  the  Annual  General  Meeting 
of  the  Society— was  held  at  the  Salisbury  Hotel,  Fleet  Street,  on  Friday, 
the  31st  May,  1889,  at  7.30  p.m.  The  fifteen  members  present  included 
the  President  (in  the  chair)  and  the  Vice-President,  and  the  meeting  was 
attended  by  one  visitor.  The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  having  been  read 
and  confirmed,  it  was  resolved,  on  the  motion  of  Mr.  Thornhill,  seconded  by 
Mr.  E.  Chambers,  that  the  committee  and  officers  of  the  Society  for  the 
past  year  be  re-elected  for  the  ensuing  season.  The  report  of  the  Auditors 
on  the  Treasurer's  accounts  was  read  and  approved,  and  on  the  motion  of 
the  President,  which  was  duly  seconded,  a  vote  of  thanks  was  accorded  to 
the  Treasurer  and  the  Auditors  for  their  services.  The  Secretary  then  read 
his  report  on  the  work  of  the  Society  during  the  season,  and  the  report  was 
directed  to  be  entered  in  the  minutes.  The  Secretary  gave  notice  that  at 
the  next  meeting  of  the  Society  he  would  move  a  resolution  as  to  the 
general  conduct  of  the  Society's  meetings.  Two  papers  by  Mr.  Bassett 
Hull  on  "The  Early  History  of  the  Hobart  Town  Gazette,"  and  the  other 
on  the  stamps  at  present  in  issue  in  Tasmania,  were  read  by  the  Secretary ; 
and  on  the  motion  of  the  Vice-President,  seconded  by  Mr.  Castle,  a  vote  of 
thanks  was  accorded  to  Mr.  Bassett  Hull  for  his  interesting  contributions. 
The  President  read  a  paper  containing  further  notes  on  the  stamps  of 
British  Guiana,  dealing  principally  with  the  unsettled  questions  in  regard 
to  the  provisional  issues.  A  cordial  vote  of  thanks  was  accorded  to  the 
President  for  his  paper,  the  resolution  being  moved  by  the  Vice-President, 
and  seconded  by  Mr.  Bacon.         

Italy.— While  passing  through  the  press  we  receive  the  first  stamp  of  a 
new  issue,  with  numerals  in  the  angles,  which  we  will  describe  next  month. 
The  impression  is  on  white  paper,  watermarked  with  Crown. 

Adhesive.     45  centesimi,  green-grey  ;  perforated  14. 


Stanley,  Gibbons  &  Co.,  8,  Gower  Street,  London,  W.C. 


iffy  f  Mlat^iJ!  3W&* 


Vol.  XI.  SEPTEMBER,   1889.  No.  129. 


FEW  remarks  that  we  had  intended  to  make  on  the 
recent  limited  introduction  of  the  Continental  system 
of  Telegraph  Money  Orders  into  England  must  be 
deferred,  in  order  that  we  may  bring  to  the  notice  of 
such  of  our  readers  as  are  not  members  of  the  Philatelic 
Society  of  London  the  last  work  of  that  Society — The 
Postage  Stamps,  Envelopes,  Wrappers,  and  Post  Cards  of  the 
North  American  Colonies  of  Great  Britain.  It  is  printed  after 
the  model  of  the  Society's  late  work  on  the  Postage  Stamps  of 
Oceania,  and  is  illustrated  with  autotype  plates  of  the  stamps 
and  post  cards ;  but  it  is  unlike  the  previous  work  in  one  respect 
— that  the  subject-matter  offers  far  fewer  difficulties  than  beset 
the  investigations  of  the  stamps  of  Oceania. 

The  reference  lists  have  been  compiled  at  the  meetings  of  the 
Society.  The  preparation  of  the 'work  for  the  press  was  confided 
to  a  small  committee  of  members,  and  the  introductory  matter  to 
each  colony  is  the  work  of  the  late  indefatigable  secretary,  Mr.  E. 
D.  Bacon.  The  committee  has  also  freely  availed  itself  of  the 
labours  of  Mr.  Donald  A.  King,  the  editor  of  The  Halifax 
Philatelist,  who  has  rendered  signal  services  in  the  investigation 
of  the  early  history  of  the  stamps  of  those  colonies  which  now 
constitute  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  and  who  from  his  official 
position  has  had  access  to  the  records  of  the  various  offices. 
How  far  the  publishing  committee  were  wise  in  introducing  such 
matters  as  the  Connell  Correspondence  into  the  body  of  the  work, 
and  inserting  some  eight  pages  between  one  issue  and  the  next,  we 
think  is  very  doubtful.  If  it  was  to  be  published,  it  would  have 
figured  better  in  an  appendix  of  documents,  and  would  not  then 
have  interfered  with  the  continuity  of  the  reference  list,  as  it 
now  does. 


162  THE  PHILATELIC  RECORD. 

There  were  not  very  many  questions  independent  of  the 
reference  lists  that  had  to  be  solved.  Most  of  these  have  been 
examined  by  the  Society  and  solved,  except  some  points  in  the 
wretched  stamps  of  Prince  Edward  Island,  which  were  successfully 
forged  as  soon  as  they  were  born.  Still,  in  the  compilation  of  an 
elaborate  history  of  these  Transatlantic  stamps,  we  think  a  little 
more  matter  interesting  to  philatelists  might  have  been  gathered 
as  regards  those  which  were  manufactured  in  England.  For 
example,  we  are  told  in  but  few  instances  how  the  sheets  were 
composed,  and  of  how  many  stamps  the  various  plates  consisted, 
things  which  may  appear  at  first  sight  to  be  unimportant,  but  which 
in  an  exhaustive  history  can  scarcely  be  dispensed  with. 

The  "Kemarks"  at  the  foot  of  the  issues  are  exceedingly 
useful,  and  are  very  valuable  as  emanating  from  a  body  like  the 
London  Society.  On  looking  through  those  on  the  first  issue  for 
Newfoundland  we  find  the  following  : 

"  Two  sets  may  be  made  of  the  One  Penny,  Three  Pence,  and 
Five  Pence.  The  first  is  found  on  fairly  thick  white  wove  paper, 
and  the  second  on  paper  which  is  thinner  and  more  transparent. 
A  close  examination  will  also  show  that  the  papers  are  quite 
different  in  texture.  The  paler  shades  of  the  One  Penny  and 
Eive  Pence,  which  appeared  in  1863,  are  found  on  the  thinner 
paper.  All  three  values  are  appreciably  smaller  in  size  than  those 
printed  "on  the  thicker  paper ;  but  whether  this  is  due  to  shrinkage 
of  the  paper,  or  to  the  engraving  of  a  new  plate,  is  doubtful.  M. 
Moens  catalogues  the  Six  Pence  Halfpenny  and  Eight  Pence  as 
issued  with  this  set,  but  these  two  values  are  not  known  to  the 
Society  as  existing  in  the  early  shade  of  orange." 

Unless  our  memory  entirely  deceives  us,  Messrs.  Perkins, 
Bacon,  and  Co.  informed  us  that  they  sent  out  the  above  values, 
with  the  other  upright  oblong  stamps.  The  Five  Pence  is  in 
sheets  of  40  each,  five  rows  of  eight.  Unfortunately  we  have 
not  an  entire  sheet  of  the  early  printing ;  but  Messrs.  Whitfield, 
King,  and  Co.  have  supplied  us  with  the  two  corresponding  end 
rows  of  two  sheets  of  the  Five  Pence,  one  of  which  is  of  the 
early  issue,  on  thick  paper  and  white  gum,  and  the  other  of  the 
1863  edition,  on  thin  paper  and  brown  gum,  the  colour  of  the 
impression  of  the  latter  being  duller  and  more  brown  than  that 
of  the  former. 

We  have  closely  examined  these  stamps,  and  from  the  irre- 
gularities in  their  relative  positions  we  are  fully  convinced  that 
both  sheets  were  printed  from  the  same  plate.      We  have  also 


THE  PHILATELIC  RECORD.  163 

measured  the  difference  in  size  of  the  stamps ;  those  on  the 
thicker  paper  measure  22  J  mm.  high  by  22£  mm.  wide,  those  on 
the  thinner  paper  are  as  nearly  a  square  of  22  mm.  as  possible; 
while,  taking  the  whole  vertical  row  of  five,  there  is  a  difference 
of  rather  more  than  2  mm.  in  favour  of  the  thick  paper  over  the 
thin  paper. 

In  our  last  we  made  a  remark  to  the  effect,  that  if  the  New- 
foundland stamps  presented  similar  features  to  those  of  Ceylon, 
we  should  have  more  confidence  in  Major  Evans's  theory  of  the 
"shrinkage;"  we  therefore  take  the  earliest  opportunity  of  stating 
the  result  of  this  little  investigation.  The  row  of  five  stamps 
occupies  about  4f  inches ;  so  that  on  a  sheet  four-and-a-half  times 
as  long  there  would  be  a  variation  of  10  mm.  We  do  not  say, 
however,  that  we  are  converted  to  a  theory  of  "shrinkage;"  for 
we  think  that  "  shrinkage  "  is  not  only  a  misnomer,  but  that  our 
investigation  will  not  bear  it  out.  Whatever  difference  there  is 
in  size  in  these  Newfoundland  stamps,  is,  we  believe,  due  to  the 
greater  expansion  of  the  thicker  paper  over  the  thinner.*  We 
feel  greatly  indebted  to  Major  Evans  for  having  ventilated  the 
question,  and  hope  to  hear  the  results  of  further  investigations. 

But  we  are  wandering  from  our  subject.  We  cannot  but 
congratulate  the  Society  on  the  production  of  this  its  latest  work, 
which  we  trust  is  only  the  forerunner  of  one  on  the  stamps  of 
"The  British  Possessions  in  the  West  Indies,"  as  we  see  that 
these  have  recently  occupied  the  attention  of  its  meetings.  It 
would  be  of  great  advantage  to  the  Society  in  the  prosecution 
of  its  labours  if  philatelists  in  any  of  the  colonies  would  supply 
such  information  as  they  can  glean  from  the  files  of  the  various 
Colonial  Gazettes  referring  to  the  several  issues.  Official  docu- 
ments are  of  the  greatest  use,  and  without  them  a  history  can 
scarcely  be  made  sufficiently  accurate. 

*  Judging  from  the  stamps  and  margins  before  us,  as  the  plate  consisted 
of  five  rows  of  eight,  the  sheet  of  the  thick  paper  would  be  5|  in.  high 
by  10!  in-  wide,  that  of  the  thin  paper  6£  x  8  in.  The  sheet  would  doubt- 
less pass  under  the  roller  of  the  press  in  the  direction  of  its  longer  dimensions, 
which  might  account  for  the  stamps  on  the  thicker  paper  being  rather  wider 
than  a  perfect  square. 

We  may  add  that  the  plates  of  the  Four  Pence,  Six  Pence,  Six  Pence-half- 
penny, Eight  Pence,  and  One  Shilling  consisted  of  twenty  stamps,  in  four  rows 
of  five ;  and  that  of  the  Three  Pence  of  eighty  stamps.  We  do  not  know  the 
number  on  the  plates  of  the  One  Penny  and  Two  Pence. 


129' 


164 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 


]|jHt$i$$,  j)i$aM«ro$t  ntfo  \tpmtxlnlhm. 


Antigua. — A  correspondent  sends  us  a  specimen  of  the  One 
Penny  (1862),  violet-rose,  on  plain  paper,  unperf  orated ;  and  we 
notice  that  our  Brussels  contemporary  chronicles  a  pair  in  similar 
condition.  They  are  in  all  probability  stamps  which  inadvertently 
escaped  perforation. 

Adhesive.     1  penny,  violet-rose  (1862) ;  imperforate. 

Argentine  Republic. — The  annexed  engraving  shows  a  modi- 
fication of  the  design  of  the  stamp  on  the  letter- 
card,  specially  noticeable  in  the  upper  angles  of 
the  frame.  It  first  appeared  in  June  last,  and 
the  following  varieties  in  the  colour  and  thickness 
of  the  cards  are  said  to  exist : 

Letter  Cards.   2  ctvos. ,  red-brown,  on  thick  light  buff  ppr. 
2      „  ,,  light  buff  card. 

2      „  „  white 

The  Timbre-Poste,  in  chronicling  the  above,  adds  that  on  the 
wrapper  of  the  15th  March  last  there  is  commonly  an  accent  on 
the  u  of  republica,  but  that  it  is  sometimes  absent,  both  on  the 
stamp  and  the  wrapper,  making  the  following  varieties : 

Wrapper.     |  centavo,  brown ;  accent  on  the  stamp  and  wrapper. 

\        „  ,,  ,,        wrapper,  no  accent  on  the  stamp, 

i        ,,  „  „         stamp  „        „        wrapper. 

The  wrapper  described  in  our  July  number  is  also  found  with 
and  without  accent  on  the  word  republica  on  the  wrapper. 

In  addition  to  the  letter  card  above  described,  Mr.  Campbell 
sends  us  the  adhesive  of  -J  centavo  of  the  new  issue.  We  will 
give  an  engraving  of  its  design  in  a  future  number ;  but,  like  all 
the  others  of  the  new  issue,  it  is  inscribed  correos  y  telegrafos. 
The  impression  is  in  blue  on  plain  white  paper  and  the  perforation 
11^-.  Adhesive.     \  centavo,  blue. 

British  Bechuanaland.  —  We  annex  an  engraving  of  the 
overprint  on  the  registration  envelopes  of  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope, 
described  in  our  last.  We  must  correct  the 
description  there  given,  as  we  find  that  size  H 
bears  the  imprint  of  "  Thos.  De  La  Eue  &  Co." 

We  have  now  received  the  registration 
envelope  described  under  the  head  of  Great 
Britain  in  our  June  number,  with  the  em- 
bossed stamp  bearing  the  same  date,  but  the 
flap  now  bears  the  inscription  in  black  "for 
registration  only  "  in  block  letters  round 
the  upper  part  of  the  stamp.  Above  this  is  " 
land,"  in  large  capitals. 
Registration  Envelope.  4  pence,  vermilion,  on  size  G  of  type  for  Great  Britain. 


BRITISH   BECHTJANA- 


\_n-TLTU-LrLn_n-n 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,   AND   RESUSCITATIONS.  165 

Protectorate. — The  British  Halfpenny  stamp  has  been  promoted 
to  high  honour.     The  Halfpenny,  vermilion,  already  overprinted 
in  black  with   "  British  Bechuanaland,"  has  been  further   over- 
printed locally  with  "  Fourpence — Protectorate  "  in  two  lines. 
Adhesive.     4  pence,  on  \  penny,  vermilion,  overprinted  in  black. 

i££7  British  Guiana. — We  annex  an  engraving 
of  the  2  cents,  with  double  surcharge,  chronicled 
in  our  July  number. 

We  omitted  last  month  to  chronicle  the  arrival 
of  the  1  cent  of  the  overprinted  Inland  Eevenue 
issue.     We  have  since  received  the  8  cents. 

1  cent,  purple,  overprinted  in  black. 
8  cents      ,,  ,,  „ 

Colombia. — A  correspondent  sends  us  a  stamp  of  50  centavos, 
the  design  showing  the  Arms  within  an  upright  oval  band,  on  a 
plain  ground  and  without  stars.  The  oval  band  is  inscribed 
correos  de  la  republica  de  Colombia,  and  is  intercepted  at  the 
foot  by  the  numerals  of  value  on  a  solid  ground  within  an  oval, 
while  centavos  is  on  a  scroll  below.  The  stamp 
is  lithographed  on  buff  paper,  and  roughly  per-  ^$K£^ 
foratecl  10*.  OjfiMlft& 

Adhesive.     50  centavos,  brown  on  buff.  cc  ]wmmMil  o 

Bogota — Annexed  is  an  engraving  of  the  design 
of   the   stamp,   the   description  of    which  will  be  . 
found  in  our  number  for  June  last.  MEW0CEM1W0, 

Denmark. — The  Timbre-Poste  says  that  the  letter  cards  have 
now  the  inscription  "Kortet  aubnes  ved  at  afrive  Eanden"  on  the 
edge  on  the  address  side,  which  we  suppose  is  required  as  instruc- 
tion to  the  uninitiated. 

Letter  Cards.     4  ore,  blue  on  light  buff,  with  additional  inscription. 
8    „    red  „  „  „ 

Danish  Locals. — Copenhagen. — The  same  journal  states  that 
the  10  ore,  green,  of  1885,  was  in  July  last  surcharged  with  the 
figure  "  5  "  in  black.  Since  then  the  definitive  stamp  has  been 
issued  with  numerals  in  the  upper  angles  and  at  the  foot  of  the 
upright  oval  band,  within  which  are  the  Arms.  The  impression  is 
on  plain  white  paper,  and  the  perforation  is  11^. 

Adhesives.     5  ore  on  10  ore  (1885),  green,  surcharged  in  black. 
5  ,,    brown. 

Horsens. — A  new  stamp  of  3  ore  was  lately  issued,  the  design 
showing  a  horse  under  a  tree,  within  a  circular  band,  inscribed 
horsens  telepon  og  bypost,  surmounted  by  a  mural  crown.  In 
each  angle  are  Greek-pattern  ornaments,  and  at  the  bottom  on  a 
straight  tablet  is  tre  ore,  above  which,  intercepting  the  circular 
band,  is  the  numeral  of  value  within  a  star-shaped  escutcheon. 
The  impression  is  on  white  paper,  and  the  stamp  is  both  perforated 
11 J  and  imperforate  to  please  either  taste. 

Adhesive.     3  ore,  red,  perforated  11  \  and  imperforate. 


166  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 

Faridkot. — The  III.  B.  Journal  reports  the  Indian  envelope 
of  J  anna,  green,  and  the  registration  envelope  of  2  annas,  as  over- 
printed in  black  for  this  state,  with  the  arms  in  black. 

Envelope.     \  anna,  green,  overprint  and  arms  in  black. 
Registration  Envelope.     2  annas,  blue  ,,  ,,  ,, 

France. — The  Timbre-Poste  states  that  on  the  15th  August 
last  an  envelope  of  buff  paper,  size  152x117  mm.,  made  its 
appearance.     The  flap  is  not  gummed. 

Envelope.     5  centimes,  green  on  buff. 

French  Colonies. — Guadaloupe. — The  1  centime  is  reported 
as  having  been  surcharged  with  5  centimes  in  the  same  manner 
as  those  already  announced. 

Adhesive.     5  on  1  centime,  black  on  blue,  surcharged  in  black. 

Nossi  Be. — In  addition  to  the  stamps  chronicled  in  our  last,  the 
10  centimes,  black  on  violet,  appears  to  have  been  surcharged 
with  "  5  "  in  blue. 

Adhesive.     5  on  10  centimes,  black  on  lilac,  surcharged  in  blue. 

Great  Britain. — It  is  not  frequently  that  Messrs.  De  La  Rue 
and  Co.  treat  the  amateurs  of  topsy-turvies  with  specimens,  but  a 
correspondent  sends  us  a  specimen  of  the  current  One  Penny  in 
such  case. 

Adhesive.     1  penny,  purple  ;  watermark,  "Crown  1881,"  inverted. 

Greece. — The  Timbre-Poste  reports  the  20  lepta,  of  the  Athens 
impression,  as  being  in  carmine. 

AdJiesive.     20  lepta,  carmine. 

Italy. — Although  M.  E.  Diena  sent  us  a  letter  card  of  5 
centesimi  early  last  month,  it  was  not  till  we  were  going  to 
press  that  we  received  specimens  of  any  of  the  adhesives  of  the 
new  values  called  into  existence  in  consequence  of  the  new  postal 
law,  which  came  into  force  on  the  1st  August  last.  According 
to  this  law  the  series  will  consist  of  the  following : 

Adhesives.     1  centesimo,  olive-green  ;  Royal  Arms. 
2  centesimi,  red-brown  ,, 


5 

>> 

dark  green               , , 

10 

jj 

carmine  ;  head  of  the  king  in  medallion. 

20 

j> 

chrome-yellow              ,,                 ,, 

25 

>} 

turquoise-blue              ,,                ,, 

40 

>> 

brown                            ,,                 ,, 

45 

>» 

grey  olive -green           ,,                ,, 

60 

>) 

purple                           ,,                ,, 

1  lira,  orange-yellow,  with  medallion  in  chesnut- brown. 

5  lire 

i,  dark 

green                ,,           ,,          carmine. 

Post  Cards. 

5  centesimi 

red-buff,  for  the  interior. 

10 

}> 

white             ,,         ,, 

15 

}> 

pink 

10 

JJ 

green,  for  abroad. 

15 

pale  blue       ,, 

Reply  Cards. 

20 

>5 

green             ,, 

30 

,, 

pale  blue       „ 

NOVELTIES,   DISCOVERIES,    AND   RESUSCITATIONS.  167 

The  stamps  with  the  head  of  Victor  Emmanuel,  the  special 
stamps  with  the  inscription  estero,  and  the  stamps  of  30  and 
50  c.  and  1  lira,  of  the  type  of  1879,  will  cease  to  be  available 
for  postage  from  the  1st  January  next. 

In  the  adhesive  stamps,  of  which  we  annex 
an  engraving  of  the  40  centesimi,  the  principal 
feature  of  difference  consists  in  the  introduction 
of  the  numerals  of  value  in  each  of  the  four 
angles.  All  those  of  5  centesimi  and  under  will 
have  the  arms  similar  to  the  stamp  on  the  letter 
card  described  in  our  last ;  all  those  above  5 
centesimi  will  bear  the  king's  head.  Those  which 
represent  existing  values  will  be  issued  according  as  the  stock  on 
hand  is  exhausted. 

At  present  the  40,  45,  and  60  centesimi,  and  the  1  lira  and 
5  lire,  appear  to  be  the  only  ones  which  have  been  issued. 

The  post  card  of  5  centesimi — cartolina  postale — da  cinque 
centesimi — has  also  been  issued,  with  the  stamp  of  the  arms  type 
in  green  on  red-buff  coloured  card. 

Besides  the  letter  card  of  5  centesimi,  described  in  our  last, 
there  is  another  of  20  centesimi  with  a  stamp  of  the  type  of  the 
adhesive  of  that  value. 

Adhesives.     40  centesimi,  brown. 

45  ,,         grey  olive -green. 

60  ,,         purple. 

1  lira,  yellow  and  brown. 
5  lire,  green  and  carmine. 
Post  Card.       5  centesimi,  dark  green  on  red-buff. 
Letter  Card.     20  ,,         red  on  orange. 

Mauritius.  —  From  Messrs.  Whitfield,  King,  and  Co.  we 
receive  the  4  cents  in  carmine  and  in  purple,  the  latter  being 
overprinted  in  black,  with  inland  up  the  left  side  and  revenue 
down  the  right  side  in  block  type,  while  the  former  is  overprinted 
in  black  with  the  same  words  in  two  horizontal  lines  of  Eoman 
capitals.     Both  these  stamps  had  been  used  postally. 

Adhesives.     4  cents,  carmine;  overprinted  for  fiscal  purposes,  used  postally. 
4     „       purple 

Mexico. — In  May  last  we  chronicled  two  Postal  Union  cards 
of  2  and  3  centavos.  The  Timbre-Poste,  in  chronicling  the  latter 
in  its  issue  for  this  month,  states  that  it  has  at  the  same  time 
received  that  of  5  centavos,  of  1888,  with  thick  capital  letters  on 
the  right  and  left  and  with  the  stamp  upside  down  in  the  left 
lower  angle,  as  also  the  lithographed  forms  of  March,  1884,  with 
stamps  of  the  current  design  of  a  numeral  in  an  oval. 

Post  Cards.     5  centavos,  blue  (1888) ;  inverted  position. 

2  ,,        carmine-red. ;  on  forms  of  1884. 

3  „         puce 

3         „        vermilion-red         ,,  ,, 

New  South  Wales. — We  lately  received  a  specimen  of  a 
new   registration   envelope  of   Four  Pence   differing   a   little   in 


168  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 

size  from  that  described  in  our  number  for  April  last,  measuring 
145  x  89  mm.,  and  cut  in  rather  a  different  manner,  the  shape  of 
the  lower  flap  being  altered,  brought  to  a  point,  while  the  side 
ones  form  a  rounded  hollow. 

Registration  Envelope.     4  pence,  pink,  instructions  in  red  ;  altered  cut. 

Norway. — Eef erring  to  our  description  of  the  unpaid  letter 
stamps  in  our  last,  the  50  ore  is  violet,  and  not  carmine. 
Unpaid  Letter  Stamp.     50  ore,  violet. 

Panama. — We  are  indebted  to  "The  Scott  Stamp  and  Coin 
Co."  for  sending  us  the  envelope  of  a  letter  addressed,  from 
Panama,  to  a  firm  in  New  York,  and  franked  with  one  stamp  of 
10  centavos  and  two  similar  unseparated  stamps,  each  surcharged 
with  "  5,"  as  depicted  in  our  June  number.  The  stamps  are  all 
obliterated  with  the  dated  postmarks  of  "agencia  postal  nacional 
—Panama.  15  Nov.  1888,"  and  "new  york.  Nov.  24,  88;" 
and  the  owner  states  that  in  a  lot  of  about  sixty  envelopes  which 
he  received  six  stamps  were  found  so  surcharged.  In  July  last  we 
said,  that  so  far  as  our  enquiries  had  then  gone  they  were  not  in 
favour  of  the  genuineness  of  the  surcharge.  We  are  therefore 
glad  to  be  enabled  to  give  this  testimony  in  its  favour.  The 
surcharge,  in  pale  violet,  appears  to  have  been  applied  by  a  rubber 
stamp.  On  the  other  hand,  a  correspondent  writes  from  Colon, 
under  date  of  August  18th  last,  that  the  Postmaster  tells  him 
"that  no  such  stamp  emanated  from  him,  and  that  he  knows 
nothing  of  it;"  but  that  while  nobody  there  has  seen  such  a 
stamp,  different  enquiries  for  it  had  been  received  from  the  States 
and  Europe.  Further  than  this,  the  Gaceta  de  Panama  gives 
from  time  to  time  an  official  list  of  the  stock  of  postage  stamps 
in  hand,  and  that  of  the  5  centavos  has  never  been  under  a 
quarter  of  a  million.  The  surcharge  seems  therefore  not  to  have 
been  due  to  a  dearth  of  the  value  in  stock  at  head-quarters. 

Our  correspondent  sends  us  specimens  of  the  5  centavos  on 
blue  and  on  light  greyish-blue,  the  latter  of  which  has  not  been 
chronicled  by  us.  He  also  states  that  the  50  centavos  is  in  brown 
on  white  and  not  in  black  on  brown,  as  it  appears  to  have  been 
chronicled. 

Adhesives.     5  centavos,  black  on  light  greyish-blue  ;  perforated. 
50        ,,         brown  on  white  ,, 

Perak. — In  continuation  of  the  varieties  in  the  surcharge  of 
"One  Cent  Perak"  on  the  Two  Cents  Straits  Settlements,  chronicled 
in  our  July  number,  Mr.  Campbell  sends  us  a  sheet  of  60  stamps 
in   10  rows  of   6,   presenting   the  following   principal   varieties : 

(1)  In  the  first,  second,  third,  fourth,  fifth,  and  seventh  rows  the 
surcharge  is  "  One  "  in  italics,  "  Cent  "  in  slanting  capitals,  and 
"  Perak  "  in  slanting  block  letters,  with  the  exception  of  the  fifth 
stamp  of  the  third  row,   where  "  Cent  "  is  in  upright  capitals. 

(2)  In  the  sixth  row  the  type  of  "One  Cent"  is  the  same  as  in  the 
variety  first  described,  but  "  Perak  "  is  in  upright  block  letters  in 
the  first   two  stamps  of   the  row.     (3)   And  in  the  other  four, 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS.  169 

"Cent"  is  in  upright  capitals  and  "Perak"  in  upright  block 
letters.  (4)  In  the  eighth  row  "One"  is  in  ordinary  type,  "Cent" 
in  upright  capitals,  and  "Perak"  in  upright  block  letters.  (5)  The 
surcharges  in  the  ninth  and  tenth  rows  are  similar  to  those  of  the 
fourth  variety,  except  that  "  perak  "  is  in  ordinary  capitals. 
There  are  several  minor  varieties  arising  from  the  setting  up  of 
the  type  of  the  three  lines  of  surcharge. 

Adhesives.     1  cent  on  2  cents,  rose  ;  wmk.  Crown  CA,  perf.  14,  surcharge  in 
black ;  five  varieties. 

Persia. — We  annex  an  engraving  of  the  design 
of  a  new  series  manufactured  in  Paris,  and  which 
has  been  sent  out  within  the  last  few  days.  The 
impression  is  on  plain  white  paper,  and  the  per- 
foration 13£. 

Adhesives.     10  shahi,  black.     I    1  kran,  orange. 
5  kran,  green.      |    2     ,,      pink. 

Russia. — We  annex  an  engraving  of  the  stamp  on  the  post 
cards  of  4  kopecks. 

A  correspondent  has  forwarded  us  the  envelopes  of 
10  and  20  kopecks,  with  stamps  of  the  new  type. 
These- envelopes  are  of  two  sizes,  14J  x  12  cm.,  and 
14J  x  8  cm.  The  envelope  of  5  kopecks  has  also  been 
issued  in  the  same  sizes,  and  we  have  that  of  7  kopecks 
in  the  larger  size.  They  are  of  paper  watermarked 
with  zigzag  lines,  the  colour  of  the  paper  being  light  buff  for  the 
whole,  except  for  those  of  20  kopecks,  which  is  azure. 

Envelopes.     5  kopecks,  violet-brown  on  light  bnff ;  wmk.  of  zigzags. 
7        „       blue  „  „ 

10        „  „  „  „  new  type. 

20        ,,  ,,  azure  ,,  ,, 

St.  Vincent. — The  One  Penny,  blue,  has  been  served  similarly 
to  the  way  in  which  the  One  Penny,  lake,  was  treated  in  1882, 
having  been  similarly  surcharged  with  2J  pence  in  black. 
Adhesive.     2\  pence  on  1  penny,  blue,  surcharged  in  black. 

Salvador. — We  have  the  3  centavos,  brown,  1887,  surcharged 
in  black  "  1  centavo  "  in  thick  type  horizontally  across  the  middle 
of  the  stamp. 

Adhesive.     1  centavo  on  3  centavos,  brown  ;  surcharged  in  black. 

Shanghai. — The  80  cash,  green,  is  announced  as  having  been 
surcharged  with  20  cash  in  red. 

We  have  the  40  and  80  cash  of  the  new  issue  on  watermarked 
paper,  perforated  15. 

Adhesives.     20  cash  on  80  cash,  green,  surcharged  in  red. 
40    ,,     black,  on  watermarked  paper. 
80    ,,     pink  ,,  ,, 

Sierra  Leone. — The  Two  Pence  has  made  its  appearance  in 
violet,  on  paper  watermarked  "Crown  CA,"  perforated  14. 
Adhesive.     2  pence,  violet,  watermarked  "Crown  CA." 


170 


CATALOGUE   DES    CARTES    POSTALES. 


Sweden. — The  annexed  is  a  representation  of 
the  new  design  of  the  10  ore,  differing  in  some 
slight  particulars  from  that  of  1885.  The  stamp 
is  rather  smaller  and  the  numerals  thicker.  The 
new  series  is  not  yet  issued,  and  we  are  unable 
to  state  whether  the  values  and  colours  will  be 
changed. 

Tasmania. — The  One  Penny  is  now  in  vermilion,  the  paper  and 
perforation  remaining  unchanged. 

Adhesive.     1  Penny,  vermilion. 

Turk's  Islands. — The  annexed  engraving 
shows  the  design  of  the  surcharge  on  the 
2£  penny,  chronicled  in  our  number  for  June 
last. 


■*--v\f\ru-L.-.  tj-u-l 


n_n/-|jj 


Catalogue  des  Cartes  Postal es  e'mises  pour  V usage  du  public  par  les  diver ses 

administrations  des  Postes  depuis  leur  creation  jusqu'au  ler  Janvier, 

1889,  par  G.  Campbell  et  A.  Schoeller.     Premiere  partie:  Europe. 

Publie  par  la  Societe  Francaise  de  Tinibrologie,  et  tire  a  300  Exem- 

plaires.    1889. 

This  is  the  title  of  the  latest  publication  of  the  Societe  Francais  d.e 

Tinibrologie.    It  is  the  joint  production  of  an  Englishman,  Mr.  G.  Campbell 

(a  member  of  the  Philatelic  Societies  of  both  London  and  Paris),  and 

M.  A.  Schoeller,  the  Treasurer  of  the  French  Society.    The  names  of  these 

two  well-known  Post  Card  collectors  offer  a  sufficient  guarantee  that  the 

contents  of  the  book  deserve  the  most  careful  attention  of  all  collectors  in 

that  branch  of  Philately  of  which  it  treats. 

This  first  volume  only  deals  with  the  Post  Cards  issued  in  Europe  for  the 
use  of  the  public,  Official  Telegraph  and  Letter  Cards  not  being  included  in 
the  list.  This  omission  somewhat  detracts  from  the  comprehensiveness  of  the 
work,  and  it  is  a  pity  that,  for  the  sake  of  completeness,  lists  of  these  cards  are 
not  appended  to  those  countries  which  have  used  and  still  continue  to  issue 
them.  The  work  contains  268  pages,  and  the  most  cursory  inspection 
demonstrates  that  it  catalogues  numbers  of  minor  varieties  which  will  be 
sought  for  in  vain  in  any  other  book  treating  of  the  same  subject.  After  a 
first  but  somewhat  careful  perusal,  it  affords  me  much  pleasure  to  testify  to 
its  general  accuracy  even  in  matters  of  minute  detail.  Printer's  errors  are 
almost  inevitable  in  a  book  of  this  description,  and  some  few  are  noticeable 
in  addition  to  those  corrected  in  the  errata.  A  rather  unfortunate  one 
occurs  on  page  191,  where,  in  the  eighteenth  line,  the  word  "  Cniverselle''1 
should  be  spelled  "  Univeserlle."  There  is  also  a  misleading  error  on  page  10, 
where,  in  the  twenty-eighth  and  thirty-fourth  lines,  "huitierne"  should  read 
"  onzieme."  Amongst  the  more  prominent  varieties,  no  mention  is  made  of 
the  l^d.  of  Great  Britain,  similar  in  size  to,  and  having  the  same  inscription  as, 
the  Id.  card  issued  in  October,  1879.  This  variety  of  the  l^d.  was  certainly 
printed,  and  should  be  mentioned  in  a  work  of  this  scope,  even  though  its 
issue  to  the  public  appears  to  be  doubtful.  To  the  Roumanian  cards,  issued 
towards  the  end  of  1876,  two  further  varieties  may  be  added,  to  those  given 
on  page  203.  On  referring  to  the  Servian  list,  I  miss  the  5  paras  of 
March  15th,  1SS1,  printed  in  lilac  on  rose,  and  the  10  paras  of  June  1st, 
1881,  printed  in  light  brown  on  buff,  and  also  in  slate-blue  on  buff.  In 
this  variety  of  the  5  paras  the  two  words  in  Servian,  at  the  top  of  the 
card,  measure  only  72£  mm.  in  length,  whereas  on  the  5  paras,  brown,  they 
measure  76£  mm.  In  the  description  of  the  10  paras  the  words  "Carte 
Postale  "  are  omitted  from  the  first  line  of  the  inscription.    There  is  another 


THE    POSTAGE   STAMPS    OF   NEW    ZEALAND.  171 

variety  of  the  10  paras,  issued  in  May  (?),  1883,  printed  upon  stouter  card, 
in  which  the  first  and  third  lines  of  the  inscription  measure  116^  and 
36|  mm.,  as  against  109  and  32  mm.  In  the  left  lower  corner  the  French  in- 
scription reads,  "  Ce  cote  est  reserve,"  &c,  Avhereas  on  the  variety  catalogued 
the  word  "  est "  has  been  omitted  by  mistake.  Of  one  issue  of  5  paras,  and 
5  +  5  paras,  no  mention  is  made ;  I  refer  to  the  5  paras,  brown,  and  5  +  5 
paras,  dark  blue,  on  thin  bright  rose  card,  similar  to  the  issue  of  March  15th, 
1881,  but  with  a  coat  of  arms  of  the  same  design  as  that  found  on  the 
10  paras  issued  in  May  (?),  1883.  The  reply  card  has  the  usual  supplementary 
words  on  each  half  beneath  the  arms.  Of  this  reply  card  there  are  two 
sub-varieties :  A.  The  first  half  has  the  frame  only,  without  stamp,  arms, 
or  inscription.  B.  The  second  half  has  the  stamp,  arms,  and  inscription, 
but  no  frame.  I  have  only  seen  one  specimen  of  the  single  card,  which 
passed  out  of  a  small  collection  into  that  of  Mr.  Tapling,  m.p.  ;  it  is  a  used 
specimen,  and  is  postmarked  "23rd  May,  1886."  Under  the  rubric  of 
Sweden  I  seek  in  vain  for  the  10  ore  Postal  Union  card  of  similar  design 
and  inscription  to  that  issued  in  July,  1879,  but  in  which  the  stamp  is 
replaced  by  an  embossed  one  of  the  same  type  as  that  found  on  the  10  ore 
issued  in  January,  1873. 

The  illustrations  are  far  from  being  on  a  par  with  the  merits  of  the  book. 
The  few  there  are,  are  printed  on  three  folded  sheets  placed  at  the  end  of 
the  work.  As  a  rule  they  represent  the  stamps  only,  but  one  card  being 
portrayed  in  its  entirety.  In  this  respect  the  book  compares  unfavourably 
with  the  Catalogue  of  Post  Cards  now  appearing  in  The  American  Journal 
of  Philately,  which  gives  excellent  illustrations,  reduced  in  size,  of  entire 
cards  in  all  the  prominent  types. 

Apart  from  the  illustrations,  the  book  is  the  best  and  by  far  the  most 
complete  Catalogue  of  Post  Cards  that  has  yet  been  published,  and  will 
prove  of  value  to  the  most  advanced  collector,  as  well  as  to  the  tyro.  The 
former  cannot  fail  to  find  in  it  many  varieties  hitherto  unknown  to  him, 
whilst  to  the  latter  it  will  come  as  a  revelation.  It  is  simply  indispensable 
to  those  arranging  a  collection,  and  I  strongly  advise  my  readers  to  lose  no 
time  in  securing  copies  of  so  useful  a  publication.  The  best  thanks  of  all 
philatelists,  and  especially  of  those  interested  in  the  collection  of  Post  Cards, 
are  due  to  the  accomplished  authors  for  the  time  and  research  which  they 
must  have  so  ungrudgingly  devoted  to  their  subject,  and  for  the  care  and 
conciseness  with  which  they  have  compiled  their  lists.  Great  credit  is  also 
due  to  the  French  Society  for  undertaking  the  publication  of  a  work  which 
appeals  only  to  a  comparatively  small,  but,  I  hope  and  believe,  a  steadily 
increasing  number  of  collectors.  I  hope  we  may  not  have  long  to  wait  for 
the  concluding  volume.  E.  I).  Bacon. 


THE  POSTAGE  STAMPS  OF  NEW  ZEALAND, 

BEING   A   DESCRIPTION   OF  ALL   STAMPS    ISSUED    BY    THE    GOVERNMENT 
FROM  THE   YEAR  1855   TO   1889. 

A  Paper  read  before  the  Philatelic  Society  of  New  Zealand,  Jan.  9,  1889. 

By  JOHN  DAVIES. 


New  Zealand  postage  stamps  were  first  issued  on  July  13th,  1855.  The 
Notice  to  Postmasters  and  the  Public  was  published  in  the  Government 
Gazette  of  that  date,  of  which  the  following  is  a  copy  : 

"Colonial  Secretary's  Office,  Auckland, 

"  \Zth  July,  1855. 
"His  Excellency  the  Officer  administering  the  Government  has  been 
pleased  to  direct  the  republication  of  the  following  Proclamation,  dated 
31st  December,  1850,  altering  the  rates  of  postage  payable  in  New  Zealand 
for  the  transmission,  receipt,  or  delivery  of  letters. 


172  THE   POSTAGE   STAMPS    OF    NEW    ZEALAND. 

"  His  Excellency  further  directs  it  to  be  notified  that  postage  stamps  have 
been  received,  and  are  issuable  by  Postmasters  to  the  public  at  the  respective 
fixed  values  of  such  values  ;  viz.,  One  Penny,  Two  Pence,  and  One  Shilling 
per  stamp. 

"  Postmasters  are  directed,  on  the  receipt  of  stamped  letters  or  packets  in 
each  Post  Office,  to  cancel  the  stamps  on  such  letters  or  packets  previous  to 
their  dispatch. 

"  Persons  are  particularly  requested  to  ascertain  the  exact  weight  of  their 
letters  and  packets  before  posting  them,  in  order  to  enable  them  (the  senders) 
to  affix  the  correct  stamps  upon  such  letters  or  packets,  the  stamps  to  be 
affixed  upon  the  outside  of  all  letters  or  packets,  above  the  address  written 
on  them.  By  His  Excellency's  command. 

"{Signed)        Andrew  Sinclair, 

"  Colonial  Secretary." 
The  first  issue  consisted  of  : 

One  Shilling  stamps,  printed  in  green. 
Twopenny         ,,  „         blue. 

One  Penny        „  „         red. 

The  Sixpenny  stamp  was  not  issued  till  August  8th,  1859,  the  Gazette 
Notice  authorising  the  issue  being  as  follows  : 

"General  Post  Office,  Auckland, 

"  6th  August,  1859. 
"Notice  is  hereby  given  that,  on  and  after  Monday  next,  the  8th  inst., 
Sixpenny  postage  stamps  will  be  on  sale  at  the  Post  Office,  Auckland,  and 
at  the  principal  Post  Offices  in  the  other  provinces.       "  h.  j#  Tancred." 

The  first  supply  of  these  stamps  was  printed,  and  sent  out  with  the  plates, 
by  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.,  of  London.  Each  plate  contained  240 
stamps,  engraved  by  the  process  known  as  sidrography,  and  printed  by  the 
ordinary  copper-plate  process.  After  this  stock  was  exhausted,  further 
supplies  were  printed  by  Mr.  Richardson,  of  Auckland ;  but  as  small 
numbers  were  only  required,  the  clerk,  whose  duty  it  was  to  take  the  plates 
and  paper  to  the  printer,  and  wait  while  the  stamps  were  printed,  explained 
to  me,  many  years  ago,  the  plan  he  adopted.  Taking  a  few  quires  of  foolscap 
from  his  paper-rack,  he  flattened  out  the  fold,  and  two  of  these  sheets, 
placed  side  by  side,  were  passed  through  the  printing-press  at  one  time. 
This  will  explain  what  has  so  often  been  enquired  about,  why  some  were 
printed  on  blue  paper  and  some  on  white  paper.  It  was  merely  the  question 
of  which  came  first  to  hand.  It  was  not  imagined  in  those  days  that  the 
future  philatelist  would  be  so  exacting  in  his  demands  for  what  then 
appeared  to  be  minor  details,  and  no  record  was  kept  of  the  number  printed 
on  either  blue  or  white  papers.  Not  a  single  specimen  was  kept  in  the 
Office,  and  none  are  now  obtainable  except  those  which  have  passed  through 
the  post,  and  these  are  very  scarce. 

In  February,  1862,  stamp-printing  was  started  in  the  Postmaster-General's 
Office  in  Auckland,  and  paper  watermarked  with  a  Star  was  used  for  the 
first  time.  I  brought  out  from  England  what  was  then  considered  to  be 
twelve  months'  supply;  but  such  was  the  sudden  demand  for  stamps, 
through  the  discovery  of  gold  in  the  province  of  Otago,  that  this  stock  was 
soon  exhausted.  I  purchased  the  best  paper  I  could  procure  in  Auckland, 
which  accounts  for  the  stamps  printed  on  thin  im watermarked  paper  in  1862 
and  1863. 

The  next  paper  received  from  England  was  watermarked  "N.Z.";  but  as 
this  was  of  indifferent  quality,  the  Star-watermarked  paper  was  again 
ordered,  which  was  used  continuously  till  1S72. 

A  Threepenny  plate  was  ordered  from  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co., 
and  stamps,  printed  in  mauve  colour,  were  first  issued  on  January  1st,  1863. 

The  Fourpenny  stamp  was  issued  on  June  1st,  1865.  The  first  500  sheets 
(120,000  stamps)  were  printed  in  rose-colour.  Not  a  single  stamp  was  kept 
in  the  Office  as  a  specimen,  and  none  are  now  obtainable  except  those  which 


THE   POSTAGE   STAMPS   OP   NEW   ZEALAND.  173 

have  passed  through  the  post ;  these  are  also  very  scarce.  The  colour  was 
changed  from  rose  to  yellow,  on  account  of  the  former  colour  having  been 
mistaken  for  red  (the  One  Penny  stamp)  by  gaslight. 

Early  in  1871  some  Penny  stamps  were  observed  to  have  lost  the  brilliancy 
of  the  vermilion,  and  were  toned  down  to  brown.  As  it  was  thought  these 
might  be  passed  for  Sixpenny  stamps,  it  was  decided  to  transpose  the  colours 
of  three  denominations. 

The  Sixpenny  stamp  was  then  printed  in  blue, 
„    Twopenny    „  „  „         red, 

„    One  Penny  „  „  „         brown ; 

the  object  being,  that  should  bright  red  be  tampered  with,  it  would  become 
a  colour  of  a  lower  instead  of  a  higher  denomination. 

Stamps  of  these  colours  were  issued  on  July  1st,  1871;  the  colours  of 
other  values  remained  unchanged. 

I  must  here  explain  why  a  change  to  unwatermarked  paper  again  became 
necessary. 

In  1871  it  was  found  that  all  the  plates  were  showing  signs  of  wear,  and 
an  order  was  sent  to  the  Agent-General  in  London  to  procure  and  send  out 
to  the  Colony  a  set  of  six  new  plates,  but  he  was  to  use  his  own  discretion 
whether  they  were  to  be  steel  plates  as  before,  or  electrotype  plates.  He 
decided  on  the  latter  method,  and  promised  that  the  new  plates  would  reach 
Wellington  by  a  certain  date  ;  and  as  we  had  sufficient  watermarked  paper 
in  stock  to  last  this  time,  no  more  was  ordered,  as  a  rough-faced  paper 
suitable  for  steel  plates  will  not  do  for  surface-printing.  The  new  plates  did 
not  arrive  till  four  months  after  the  promised  date,  during  which  time  one 
and  a  half  million  stamps  of  various  denominations  were  issued  on  unwater- 
marked hand-made  paper. 

On  January  1st,  1874,  the  new  series,  which  were  engraved  and  electro- 
typed  by  Messrs.  De  La  Rue  and  Co.,  were  issued.  The  paper  for  this  series 
was  watermarked  "N.Z.  and  Star"  240  times  to  the  sheet,  and  we  have 
continued  to  use  this  paper  to  the  present  time. 

The  following  Notiee  referring  to  the  issue  of  these  stamps  appeared  in 
the  Government  Gazette  at  the  time  : 

"  General  Post  Office,  Wellington,  22nd  December,  1873. 

"  It  is  hereby  notified  that  on  the  1st  January  next  a  new  issue  of  New 
Zealand  postage  stamps,  of  the  denominations  of  One  Penny,  Two  Pence, 
Three  Pence,  Four  Pence,  Six  Pence,  and  One  Shilling,  will  be  made. 

"  The  following  are  the  designs  and  colours  of  the  postage  stamps  of  the 
new  issue : 

"  One  Penny.    Queen's  Head  on  an  oval  ground,  printed  in  mauve. 


"  Two  Pence 

55 

in  dotted  circle 

,          crimson-lake. 

"Three    „ 

55 

in  circle 

,          sepia-brown. 

"  Four     „ 

55 

on  square  ground 

,          Indian  red. 

"Six        „ 
"One  Shilling 

» 

in  circle  and  hexagon 

„          blue. 

)5 

on  oval  ground 

„         green. 

"  The  Halfpenny  postage  stamp  is  not  changed. 

"  By  order  of  the  Postmaster-General. 

"  W.  Gray  {for  the  Secretary)." 

On  July  1st,  1878,  two  new  postage  stamps  were  issued  of  the  values  of 
Five  Shillings  and  Two  Shillings,  but  these  became  obsolete  in  1882.    Very 
few  were  printed,  for  the  public  had  hardly  got  accustomed  to  them  when 
they  were  withdrawn.    These  stamps  will  shortly  become  very  scarce. 
The  Five  Shilling  stamps  were  printed  in  silver-grey. 
„    Two        „         „  „  maroon-lake. 

The  Halfpenny  newspaper  adhesive  stamp  was  designed  in  the  Stamp 
Office,  and  sent  to  Melbourne  to  be  engraved  on  a  wood  die.  Electrotypes 
were  taken  in  Wellington  by  Mr.  Kirk,  of  the  Printing  Department,  being 
the  first  plate  made  in  New  Zealand.  A  special  paper  was  made  in  England, 
with  Star  watermark,  and  till  this  arrived  a  few  thousand  sheets  were 


174  CORRESPONDENCE. 

printed  on  Duty  Stamp  paper,  watermarked  "N.Z.,"  120  to  the  sheet, 
although  the  plate  contained  240  stamps. 

On  April  1st,  1S52,  all  the  above-named  stamps,  with  the  exception  of  sthe 
Halfpenny,  were  superseded  by  a  new  series  of  ''Postage  and  Revenue  Stamps." 

The  unification  of  Postage  and  Revenue  Stamps  has  given  general  satis- 
faction. All  Duty  Stamps  are  now  available  for  postal  purposes.  By 
adopting  this  method  all  Duty  Stamps  from  One  Penny  to  One  Shilling 
inclusive  became  obsolete,  the  same  denominations  in  postage  stamps  taking 
their  places.  An  Eightpenny  Postage  and  Revenue  Stamp  was  now  added 
to  take  the  place. 

Postage  stamps  were  first  perforated  in  1563.  The  machine  used  was 
a  single-row  guillotine  perforating-machine.  Sheets  were  passed  through 
lengthwise,  and  then  turned  the  short  way.  During  this  time  an  accident 
happened  to  the  machine,  and  while  being  repaired  stamps  were  again  issued 
imperforate. 

The  Postmaster  at  Dunedin  during  this  period  used  to  have  his  stamps 
perforated  by  a  stationer  in  that  city,  which  is  the  only  instance  of  stamps 
being  perforated  away  from  the  Head  Office. 

A  rotary  machine  was  obtained  a  few  years  later,  but  as  it  did  not  work 
satisfactorily  it  was  discontinued,  and  the  old  machine  was  altered  and 
improved.     This  machine  we  still  continue  to  use. 

Post  cards  at  One  Penny  were  first  issued  on  November  1st,  1S76.  The 
stamp  is  electrotyped  from  the  die  of  the  One  Penny  previously  in  use.  In 
May,  1557,  the  card  was  slightly  altered,  and  a  new  border  substituted  for 
the  original  one.  These  cards  are  extensively  used,  and  the  demand  is 
rapidly  increasing.    A  second  alteration  has  been  made  in  the  border. 

On  July  1st,  15S6,  a  Twopenny  reply  post  card  was  issued,  but  this  has 
not  met  with  public  favour. 

On  December  22nd,  1S75,  ten  denominations  of  Law  Courts  Stamps  were 
issued — viz.,  £10,  £5,  £3,  £1,  10s.,  6s.,  5s.,  3s.,  2s.,  and  Is. — but  they  were 
withdrawn  in  June,  1881,  and  the  revenue  is  now  collected  by  the  ordinary 
Duty  Stamps. 

Land  and  Deeds  Stamps  were  first  issued  on  June  10th,  1S77.  Thirteen 
denominations  were  issued ;  viz.,  £10,  £5,  £3,  £1,  15s.,  10s.,  8s.,  6s.,  5s.,  4s., 
3s.,  2s.,  and  Is.  These  were  also  withdrawn  in  June,  1S51,  and  the  revenue 
is  now  collected  by  Duty  Stamps. 

The  New  Zealand  Fiscal  Stamps  consist  of  forty-five  denominations, 
ranging  from  One  Penny  to  £500,  the  whole  of  which  are  kept  in  stock,  and 
can  be  used  for  postal  purposes. 

In  September,  1556,  the  Stamp  Department  prepared  four  denominations 
of  stamps  for  the  Tongan  Government ;  viz.,  One  Shilling,  Six  Pence,  Two 
Pence,  and  One  Penny.  The  dies  were  engraved  by  Mr.  Cousins,  of  Wellington. 
The  dies  and  plates  are  kept  in  this  Office,  and  supplies  furnished  as  required. 

In  November,  1556,  this  Office  also  prepared  seven  denominations  of 
stamps  for  Samoa ;  viz.,  Two  Shillings  and  Six  Pence,  One  Shilling,  Six 
Pence,  Four  Pence,  Two  Pence,  One  Penny,  and  Halfpenny.  These  were 
also  engraved  by  Mr.  Cousins,  and  are  supplied  to  Samoa  upon  requisition. 

Newspaper  wrappers  were  first  issued  in  April,  1S7S,  and  till  September, 
1850,  were  printed  upon  plain  white  paper.  At  the  latter  date  a  special 
paper,  watermarked  with  two  Stars,  Crown,  the  words  "  Halfpenny — New 
Zealand,"  was  procured,  and  is  still  in  use. 


To  the  Editor  of  "The  Philatelic  Record:' 
Sib, — I  have  read,  with  considerable  interest,  the  letter  of  my  collaborateur, 

Mr.  Westoby,  of  20th  August,  which  appeared  in  the  Record,  No.  12S,  page 

153.     Perhaps  a  few  remarks  from  me  may  find  admission  to  your  columns. 
First,  as  to  the  change  of  watermark  from  the  "  small "  to  the  "  large 

Crown "  on  the  One  Penny  stamps,  Humphry's  retouch,  designated  in  our 

book  Die  II. 


CORRESPONDENCE.  175 

The  note  on  page  78  of  our  work  states  that  five  plates  (not  nine,  as 
misprinted  in  Mr.  Westoby's  letter),  printed  on  "large  Crown"  paper, 
received  official  sanction  on  12th  November,  1855,  together  with  ten  plates 
printed  on  paper  with  "  small  Crown ; "  thus  showing  the  gradual  intro- 
duction of  the  new  watermark,  and  its  concurrent  use  with  the  former. 

As  already  explained  on  page  60,  the  imprimatur  necessarily  was  given 
after  the  plate  had  been  put  to  press.  From  the  nature  of  the  case,  there 
being  no  change  in  the  stamps  themselves,  the  two  sorts  of  paper  were 
probably  used  indifferently,  the  newer  being  brought  gradually  into  service 
as  the  supply  of  the  older  became  exhausted. 

The  specimens  "large  Crown,"  postmarked  in  October,  1855,  mentioned 
in  Mr.  Westoby's  letter,  show  that  some  sheets  of  the  new  watermark  had 
got  into  issue  by  that  date,  and  consequently  the  "  1856 "  in  line  two  on 
p.  79  ought  to  be  corrected,  and  the  text  should  stand  as  follows  : 
"  October,  1855,  One  Penny,  rose,  red-brown,  brick-red  (shades);  per/.  16." 

Secondly,  as  to  perforation.  The  dates  given  clearly  establish  that  some 
sheets  of  the  perforated  stamps  were  issued  as  early  as  March,  1854, 
although  their  general  use  was  not  until  the  following  May.  As  we  know 
the  machines  were  completed  and  first  got  to  regular  work  on  27th  January, 
1854,  a  considerable  stock  of  perforated  sheets  must  have  been  accumulating 
in  the  meantime. 

On  page  78,  therefore,  under  IV.,  Die  II.,  line  1  from  the  bottom  of  the 
text,  should  read  : 

"  Early  in  1854,  One  Penny,  red-brown  (shades) ;  perf.  16." 

Further,  the  date — March,  1855 — for  the  introduction  of  a  perforation 
gauging  14,  given  on  p.  68,  must  be  altered  to  "  Early  in  1855,"  as  the 
example  postmarked  on  February  24th  of  that  year  evidences. 

The  specimen  produced,  perforated  16,  and  postmarked  in  April,  1851, 
certainly  was  from  one  of  the  sheets  experimented  on  by  Archer.  (See  the 
Note  to  p.  69.)  The  difficulty  that  arose  was,  that  as  soon  as  a  working- 
speed  was  put  on  the  machine,  as  first  submitted,  it  broke  down,  and  no 
machine  capable  of  service  was  ever  got  into  use  until  January,  1854. 

Lastly,  the  additional  piece  of  information  as  to  the  introduction  of  the 
tongue-shaped  envelopes  in  July,  1850,  is  welcome. 

We  had  the  greatest  difficulty  in  finding  any  trustworthy  guide  beyond 
what  was  supplied  by  comparison  of  postmarks,  and  these  were  by  no  means 
too  plentiful.  Every  well-authenticated  date  thus  established  assists  in 
bringing  the  points  for  further  investigation  within  narrower  limits. 

On  page  182,  tenth  line,  therefore  "  1851-1852  "  will  be  deleted,  and  in 
lieu  "  July,  1850,"  be  substituted. 

The  additions  thus  derived  from  the  researches  of  a  careful  collector  are 
noteworthy  in  themselves  as  an  encouragement  to  continue  in  the  path  of 
patient  enquiry;  but  when  viewed  with  what  other  friends  have  kindly 
communicated,  and  the  materials  already  published  in  the  Appendix  in  the 
Record,  they  begin  to  make  me  fear  that  our  next  task  will  be  to  prepare  a 
separate  Appendix,  uniform  with  the  work  itself,  bringing  the  information 
at  command  down  to  the  present  time. 

Yours  faithfully,  Frederick  A.  Philbrick. 

30th  Augtist,  1889.  

Dear  Sir, — I  have  been  much  interested  in  the  discussion  that  has  taken 
place  during  the  last  two  years  upon  the  so-called  "  Long  and  Short  Stamps 
of  Ceylon."  I  find  Major  Evans  has  again  taken  up  this  much-disputed 
subject  in  your  number  for  last  month,  and  it  is  in  reference  more  particu- 
larly to  the  "  note  "  you  have  appended  to  the  end  of  his  article  that  I  wish 
to  say  a  few  words. 

You  ask  the  question,  "Why,  of  all  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.'s 
stamps,  should  the  Ceylon  stamps  be  sinners  above  the  others?"  and  add, 
that  if  variations  in  the  size  of  the  Newfoundland  stamps  could  be  shown 
to  exist,  you  "  could  look  with  more  favour  on  the  (paper)  shrinkage  theory." 

It  was  only  during  the  last  few  months,  while  preparing,  with  Mr.  T.  K. 


176  CORRESPONDENCE. 

Tapling,  m.p.,  and  Mr.  D.  Garth,  the  other  two  members  of  the  Sub- 
Committee  appointed  by  the  Philatelic  Society,  London,  for  the  publication 
of  the  Society's  recently-issued  catalogue  of  the  stamps  of  North  America, 
that  my  attention  was  drawn  by  Mr.  Garth  to  the  fact  that  the  One  Penny, 
Three  Penny,  and  Five  Penny  stamps  of  Newfoundland,  printed  upon  thinner 
and  more  transparent  paper  issued  in  1863,  are  considerably  smaller  in  size 
than  the  same  stamps  first  issued  upon  thicker  paper.  This  fact  you  will 
find  duly  noted  at  page  40  of  the  catalogue  I  have  mentioned. 

But  this  is  not  all,  for  the  same  differences  in  size  may  also  be  found  in 
other  stamps  printed  by  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.  For  instance,  I 
find  the  One  Penny  Tasmania  on  the  thin  transparent  unwaterraarked 
paper,  smaller  in  size  than  that  with  the  star  watermark.  Again,  the  One 
Penny  imperforate  Bahamas,  which  is  printed  upon  a  somewhat  similar 
paper  to  the  unwatermarked  Tasmania,  is  considerably  smaller  than  the 
same  stamp  printed  upon  the  Crown  CC  paper. 

I  may  say  I  have  always  thought  with  Major  Evans  that  the  varieties 
of  the  Ceylon  stamps  are  due  to  the  various  kinds  of  paper  employed,  but 
whether  the  "short  stamps"  owe  their  existence  to  "shrinkage"  of  the 
paper  is,  I  think,  uncertain ;  neither  can  I  agree  with  Major  Evans  that 
the  perforation  13  of  this  set  is  accounted  for  by  the  same  cause,  for  the 
simple  reason  that  the  perforation  of  the  stamps' did  not  take  place  at  the 
same  time  as  the  printing,  but  was  an  addition  made  afterwards. 

I  may  be  wrong,  but  it  seems  to  me  to  be  self-evident  that  a  stout  soft 
paper  would  absorb  more  ink,  and  the  design  would  be  more  liable  to  spread 
when  pressed,  than  it  would  be  upon  a  thin  hard  transparent  paper,  such  as 
that  used  for  the  unwatermarked  Ceylon  and  the  other  stamps  I  have 
noticed.  Granted  this,  and  it  follows  that  stamps  printed  upon  the  stouter 
papers  would  be  somewhat  larger  in  dimensions  than  those  printed  upon 
the  thinner  qualities ;  and  the  Ceylon  varieties  would  therefore,  properly 
speaking,  not  be  due  to  "  shrinkage  "  of  the  paper,  but  the  "  short "  stamps 
would  show  the  exact  size  of  the  impression  of  the  die,  and  the  "long" 
varieties  the  same  impression  slightly  expanded. 

The  table  Mr.  Thornhill  gives  in  your  April  number,  page  78,  of  the 
numerous  variations  in  size  of  the  stamps,  coupled  with  the  fact  that 
differences  in  size,  as  I  have  said,  may  also  be  found  in  the  stamps  of  other 
countries,  only  confirms  my  opinion  that  the  "  short  stamps  "  of  Ceylon  are 
due  to  the  variety  of  paper  they  are  printed  upon. 

I  am,  yours  faithfully,         E.  D.  Baoon. 

41,  Seething  Lane,  London,  E.O., 
September  2nd,  1889. 

THE  FIRST  ISSUE  OF  NOVA  SCOTIA  AND  NEW  BRUNSWICK. 

At  page  66  of  the  new  work  of  the  London  Philatelic  Society  on  The 
Stamps  of  the  North  American  Colonies  of  Great  Britain  reference  is 
made  to  a  letter  I  wrote  to  Mr.  Donald  A.  King  as  to  the  time  when  the 
first  issue  was  printed,  and  I  quoted  some  information  I  had  received  from 
Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.  to  the  effect  that  they  sent  out  the  plates 
for  both  these  issues  on  the  6th  August,  1851. 

On  further  enquiry  I  find  that  it  was  the  supply  of  stamps  which  was 
then  sent  out.  The  plates  remained  in  the  possession  of  Messrs.  Perkins, 
Bacon,  and  Co.  uninterruptedly  for  upwards  of  thirty-eight  years— from 
the  time  of  their  being  made  until  at  the  end  of  last  month  they  were 
delivered  up  to  the  Dominion  Government. 

I  take  it,  therefore,  that  the  box  referred  to  in  Mr.  Woodgate's  letter  of 
the  2ad  July,  1857,  as  containing  the  dies,  also  contained  the  plates.  The 
point  is  only  important  in  this  respect,  as  it  shows  that  no  impressions  have 
ever  been  taken  off  as  yet  except  by  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co. 

7th  September,  1889.  W.  A.  S.  WeSTOBY. 

Stanley,  Gibbons  &  Co.,  8,  Gower  Street,  London,  W.C. 


iffy  fWto^H^t  3W&* 


Vol.  XI.  OCTOBER,    1889.  No.  130. 


JSTORY,  which  so  often  repeats  itself,  appears  to 
be  doing  so  now  as  regards  the  Post  Office.  Mr. 
Henniker  Heaton  takes  np  the  role  of  Post  Office 
reformer,  and  poses  as  "Wallace  Redivivus.  It  is  not 
many  who,  like  ourselves,  can  remember  how  "Wallace, 
as  a  sharpshooter,  was  always  on  the  watch  to  dis- 
cover the  least  hole  in  the  fabric  of  the  Post  Office  at  which 
he  could  aim  a  shot.  There  were  a  good  many  more  holes  in  those 
days  than  there  are  now,  for  the  greater  part  of  the  edifice  was 
knocked  down  and  rebuilt  in  1840 ;  but  fifty  years  show  some. 
The  new  sharpshooter  thinks  that  he  has  discovered  upwards  of 
fifty,  and  now  frames  a  long  indictment  against  the  administration 
of  this  department.  It  is  not  our  intention  to  go  through  these 
seriatim;  many  of  them  are  matters  that  belong  to  the  Postal 
Union,  and  can  only  be  regulated  by  that  body.  Another  batch 
could  only  be  carried  out  by  dipping  into  the  purse  of  the 
Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer,  and  would  simply  involve  a  choice 
between  income  tax  in  the  shape  of  hard  cash  in  one  payment 
or  postage  cost  by  instalments.  Still  there  are  some  holes  which 
ought  to  be  mended,  and  in  the  carrying  into  effect  the  repairs 
any  temporary  inconvenience  to  the  tenants  should  not  be  con- 
sidered. We  have  always  advocated  two  things;  viz.,  the  sale 
of  post  cards  at  their  facial  value,  and  the  reduction  of  the  rate 
on  printed  matter  under  an  ounce  in  weight.  "We  are  at  a  loss 
to  know  the  real  reason  of  the  charge  on  the  post  cards,  for  three 
reasons  have  been  given  by  three  different  Postmasters-General. 
If  the  charge  is  to  cover  a  loss  on  the  service,  it  has  not  yet  been 
proved ;  if  it  is  to  cover  the  cost  of  the  manufacture,  this  should 
be  carried  to  the  general  account  of  profit  and  loss,  like  the 
cost    of    printing   the   adhesive   stamps;    if    it  is   a   sop   to  the 


178  THE  PHILATELIC  RECORD. 

stationers,  then  the  whole  should  be  thrown  open  and  cards 
admitted  under  certain  conditions  to  be  franked  with  halfpenny 
adhesive  stamps,  though  Chancellors  of  the  Exchequer  ordinarily 
hold  opinions  somewhat  different  to  those  of  the  Post  Office 
authorities,  for  they  never  regard  the  feelings  or  the  damage  of  a 
few  when  it  comes  to  a  question  of  taxation  for  the  public  wants. 

In  our  last  we  said  we  were  thankful  for  the  reduction  in  the 
price  of  the  cards,  but  that  does  not  make  us  the  less  desirous  to 
see  the  charge  altogether  abolished,  for  it  is  one  which  cannot  be 
justified.  It  is  all  very  well  to  make  an  extra  charge  for  wrappers, 
for  the  public  need  not  use  them  unless  they  choose,  and  may 
substitute  halfpenny  adhesives;  but  it  is  otherwise  with  post 
cards.  The  charge  is  also  very  unequal.  The  purchaser  of  a 
packet  of  ten  is  charged  Id.,  while  the  purchaser  of  single  ones 
pays  at  the  rate  of  2Jd.  for  a  like  number,  and  we  do  not  see  how 
this  is  to  be  remedied  so  long  as  the  charge  is  maintained. 

From  what  has  been  lately  effected,  we  believe  we  have  a 
Postmaster-General  who  does  not  think  through  the  medium  of  the 
"  Circumlocution  Office,"  but  dispassionately  examines  matters 
himself  The  style  of  the  "Circumlocution  Office"  is  so  didactic  that 
we  cannot  help  giving  a  specimen  sent  to  us  by  a  correspondent  in 
reply  to  his  suggestion  for  the  introduction  of  letter  cards  after 
the  Continental  system :  "  It  would  seem  from  the  value  of  the 
stamps  which  these  specimens  bear  that  a  'combination'  of  this 
kind  is  intended  to  pass  not  as  a  Post  Card,  but  as  a  Letter  ;  and 
so  far  therefore  as  the  postage  is  concerned,  there  would  be  no 
objection  to  its  use  by  the  public.  But  the  case  is  quite  different 
in  regard  to  its  introduction  among  the  articles  which  Postmasters 
are  required  to  keep  in  stock. 

"  These  articles  (which  are  already  numerous,  and  involve  many 
checks  and  accounts)  are — simple  envelopes,  simple  wrappers,  post 
cards,  and  stamps. 

"If  any  such  suggestion  as  this  were  adopted,  we  should  be 
supplying  to  the  Public  what  is  virtually  both  paper  and  cover, 
and  we  should  certainly  bring  upon  us,  as  we  did  before,  strong 
complaints  from  the  paper  makers  and  stationers. 

"  It  may  be  added  that  the  thing  itself  is  not  altogether  a 
desirable  one  for  extensive  adoption,  for  the  adhesion  round  the 
edges  must  often  be  imperfect,  and  this  would  lead  to  other  letters, 
&c,  becoming  entangled." 

The  above  does  not  emanate  from  the  Postmaster-General,  but 


THE    PHILATELIC    RECORD.  179 

is  the  production  of  the  "  Circumlocution  Office,"  which  we  hope 
is  satisfied  with  it.  It  is  a  lovely  specimen  of  composition  and 
style,  just  adapted  for  "  Penny  Headings." 

A  step  in  the  right  direction  is  the  introduction  of  the  trans- 
mission of  money  by  telegraph  into  the  business  of  the  Post 
Office,  though,  if  we  were  to  judge  by  the  trumpetings  which 
announced  it,  we  should  have  thought  it  was  some  new  invention 
instead  of  one  which  is  only  borrowed  from  the  Continent,  where 
it  has  been  in  use  in  many  countries  for  some  years  past.  Originally 
Great  Britain  took  the  lead  in  postal  reforms,  and  none  will 
ever  forget  what  the  civilised  world  owes  to  Sir  Rowland  Hill; 
but  now  all  this  is  changed,  and  Great  Britain  follows  with  a 
laggard  step.  We  are  indebted  to  Austria  for  post  cards,  and 
stamped  wrappers  had  been  employed  in  New  South  Wales  six 
years  before  they  were  introduced  into  England.  It  is  true  that 
a  system  of  registration  of  letters  was  in  use  in  England  even 
prior  to  the  advent  of  the  penny  postage,  but  there  was  no 
indemnity  in  case -of  loss,  and  it  was  not  till  1878  that  this  was 
granted  to  the  extent  of  40s.,  though  a  similar  indemnity  had 
been  in  use  in  many  parts  of  the  Continent  for  some  years  before 
that  time.  So  also  the  system  of  insurance  is  of  Continental 
origin,  and  now  we  have  another  Continental  importation  in 
the  telegraphic  transmission  of  money  as  an  experiment  on 
a  "limited  scale" — limited  in  amount,  and  limited  in  regard 
to  the  Post  Offices  in  connection  with  it ;  for  it  seems  that  it  was 
necessary  to  select  some  which  would  not  be  made  bankrupt  by 
sudden  telegraphic  demands  for  sums  of  £10.  We  do  not  think 
the  selection  a  very  happy  one.  It  is  not  in  the  great  manu- 
facturing and  trading  towns  that  the  sudden  want  of  <£10  would 
be  so  likely  to  be  experienced  as  in  holiday  resorts.  At  present  it 
is  a  luxury,  and  has  to  be  paid  for  as  such;  in  Belgium,  for 
instance,  the  charge  is  that  of  the  ordinary  money  order,  plus  the 
expense  of  the  telegraphic  message,  while  for  the  cost  of  the 
telegram,  plus  a  commission  of  about  one  per  cent.,  a  sum  not 
exceeding  <£20  can  be  sent  from  Belgium  to  Germany,  Denmark, 
Italy,  and  Switzerland,  and  to  certain  offices  in  Austria,  Hungary, 
Egypt,  Erance,  Luxemburg,  Holland,  Norway,  and  Portugal. 

Our  Postmaster-General  has  plenty  of   work  cut  out  for  him, 

but  first  and  foremost  is  the  transfer  of  all  our  Colonies  from 

Class  B  to  Class  A  of  the  Postal  Union,  and  the  final  abolition 

of  Class  B.     Surely  we  ought  to  be  able  to  correspond  with  our 

130* 


180 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 


own  Colonies  at  the  same  or  even  a  less  rate  than  any  other  country 
in  the  Postal  Union  can,  and  we  think  no  satisfactory  defence  can 
be  made  to  this  part  of  Mr.  Henniker  Heaton's  indictment. 

Very  few  improvements,  however,  can  be  carried  out  until  the 
Post  Office  is  rendered  more  independent.  It  is  a  wonderful 
institution,  admirably  managed  so  far  as  is  possible,  but  it  is 
hampered  by  the  interference  of  other  departments;  and  we  are 
glad  to  see  signs  that  the  present  Postmaster-General  is  desirous 
of  obtaining  for  it  more  freedom  of  action. 


TfflttfjIitfjSj  j)i$ttiuarb$,  anfc  ^atmtiaiimts* 


Argentine  Republic. — In  presenting  an  engraving  of  the  new 
stamp  of  J  centavo  described  in  our  last,  we  have  to  inform  our 


u-i .nji_n_rwi/u  lt] 


readers  that  the  portrait  is  that  of  General  Justo 
Jose  de  Urquiza,  who  figured  on  the  J  centavo 
stamp  of  1888  in  mufti. 

Mr.  Campbell  forwards  us  specimens  of  two 
more  values  of  the  new  issue,  which  were  put 
in  circulation  on  the  3rd  September  last.  These 
are  the  12  and  the  20  centavos,  the  first  of 
which  is  similar  in  type  to  the  2  centavos,  and 
bears  the  portrait  of  Serlor  B.  Alberdi ;  the 
second  is  of  larger  dimensions,  the  frame  resembling  that  of  the 
20  centavos  of  1877,  but  the  inscription  on  the  oval  band  being 
"  correos  argentinos,"  and  the  portrait  being  that  of  General 
Julio  A.  Eoca  in  mufti. 

Adhesives.     12  centavos,  blue,  portrait  of  B.  Alberdi. 
20         ,,        green  ,,  J.  A.  Eoca. 

Austria. — A  correspondent  of  the  Timbre-Poste  has  called  atten- 
tion to  the  fact  of  the  existence  of  two  types  of 
the  newspaper  stamp  of  1867.  At  what  precise 
period  the  second  type  came  into  use  is  not  clear, 
but  the  opinion  of  the  editor  of  that  journal  is, 
that  it  existed  for  some  ten  years.  The  difference 
between  the  types  may  be  summed  up  as  follows  : 


1st  Type. 

1.  The  upper  part  of  the  petasus  is 

shaded  with  dotted  lines. 

2.  The  right  wing  is  higher. 

3.  The  left  wing  has  seven  lines. 

4.  The  back  of  the  petasus  is  almost 

straight. 

5.  The  brim  of  the  petasus  is  of  dots. 

6.  The  shading  does  not  touch  the 

hair,  but  leaves  a  blank  space. 


2nd  Type. 

1.  The  upper  part  of  the  petasus  is 

shaded  with  lines. 

2.  The  right  wing  is  lower. 

3.  The  left  wing  has  eight  lines. 

4.  The  back  of  the  petasus  is  slightly 

hollowed. 

5.  The  brim  of  the  petasus  is  in  lines. 

6.  The  shading  touches  the  hair. 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS.  181 

There  is  also  a  difference  of  a  millimetre  in  the  size  of  the  head, 
and  the  face  differs  in  some  of  the  features. 

Belgium. — The  Timhre-Poste  says  that  the  reseda-coloured  ink 
that  was  found  in  stock  beiiig  now  all  used  up,  the  one  centime 
has  resumed  its  former  colour  since  August  last. 

British  Guiana. — Mr.  Luard  writes  that  the  bicoloured  Postage 
and  Revenue  Stamps  having  arrived,  no  further  issue  of  the  purple 
series  surcharged  in  black  will  be  made  for  present  purposes,  beyond 
those  we  have  already  chronicled  and  the  one  dollar  to  five  dollars 
in  green,  surcharged  in  black,  which  we  have  not  yet  seen.  The 
fate  of  the  stock  of  3,  4,  6,  10,  20,  and  40  cents,  purple,  had  not 
yet  been  decided  on. 

We  have  received  specimens  of  the  2,  8,  72,  and  96  cents  of 
the  new  issue.  The  ship  is  in  a  circle,  with  the  motto  in  arch,  in 
minute  characters,  above  the  circle.  In  the  external  rectangular 
frame  "  British  "  is  on  the  left  side,  and  "  guiana  "  on  the  right, 
both  reading  upwards;  while  at  the  top  is  "postage  and  revenue," 
and  at  the  bottom  a  large  tablet,  8x5|  mm.,  to  receive  the  value 
in  cents  in  uncoloured  numerals  and  letters,  on  a  ground  of  hori- 
zontal lines.  The  type  is  the  same  for  all  the  values  which  we 
have  seen,  and  these  seem  as  if  they  would  make  confusion  worse 
confounded.  The  top  inscription  and  the  lower  tablet  are  in  a 
different  colour  from  the  rest  of  the  stamp,  which  is  purple ;  but 
the  colours  are  not  distinct  enough,  and  the  Post-office  officials  are 
safe  to  grumble  at  them  with  very  good  reason.  The  impression  is 
of  course  on  Crown  C  A  paper,  and  the  perforation  1 4. 

Adhesives.     2  cents,  purple  and  orange. 
8      ,,  ,,  pink. 

72      ,,  ,,  brown. 

96      ,,  „  carmine. 

Bulgaria. — "We  have  received  the  1  leva  of  the  new  series,  the 
type  of  which  we  have  already  described. 

Adhesive.     1  leva,  vermilion,  on  white  wove  ;  perforated  13. 

Columbia. — We  have  now  a  continuation  of  the  series  inscribed, 
"  republica  de  Colombia,"  and  without  any  stars,  which  have  all 
gone  out.    The  values  consist  of  50  centavos  and  1,  5,  and  10  pesos. 


u-j-la/wvaj  .^-v-i 


The  type  of  the  50  centavos  is  similar  to  that  of  the  1  centavo  of 
1887,  and  we  give  illustrations  of  those  of  the  1,  5,  and  10  pesos, 
which  will  save  any  more  particular  description.     The  stamps  are 


182  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 

lithographed  in  colour  on  plain  paper,  white  or  coloured,  and  per- 
iorated  1 1.       Adhesives.     50  centavos,  brown  on  buff. 

1  peso,  lake  on  white. 

5  pesos,  yellow-brown. 
10      „      black  on  pink. 

Mr.  Campbell  writes  us  with  reference  to  the  omission  of  the 
letter  b  in  republica  on  the  stamp  of  20  centavos,  chronicled  by 
us  in  November,  1887.  The  error  only  existed  in  those  first  issued, 
as  it  was  at  once  discovered,  and  a  new  lot  with  the  error  corrected 
was  put  in  circulation  as  speedily  as  possible. 

Costa  Rica. — The  HI.  B.  Journal  informs  us  that  the  fiscal 
stamp  proportional  of  10  centavos  has  been  used  postally. 
Adhesive.     10  centavos,  blue  ;  fiscal  used  postally. 

In  our  number  for  August  we  mentioned  that  the  fiscal  stamp 
"  proporcional "  of  5  centavos,  brown-red,  had  also  been  used  in  a 
similar  manner,  and  now  we  receive  it  surcharged  in  black  with 
correos.  Our  contemporary,  the  Timbre-Poste,  seems  to  suspect 
the  authenticity  of  this  surcharge,  which  may  well  be  the  case  in 
these  days  of  fictitious  surcharges;  but  we  believe  this  to  be  genuine, 
as  the  specimens  we  have  seen  are  affixed  to  a  letter  addressed 
from  Costa  Eica  on  the  5th  September  last  to  H.  B.  M.  Consul  for 
Costa  Eica,  at  present  in  this  country,  and  kindly  sent  to  us  by  him. 

The  Timbre-Poste  has  seen  the  1  centavo,  carmine,  of  the  same 
series  similarly  surcharged. 

Adhesives.     1  centavo,  carmine,  surcharged  in  black. 
5  centavos,  brown-red  ,, 

From  a  reliable  source  we  have  received  a  full  series  of  the  new 
issue,  which  was  ordered  upwards  of  twelve  months  since  from 
Messrs.  Waterlow  and  Sons,  of  London  Wall.  The  execution  is 
exceedingly  creditable  to  that  firm.  The  design  shows  the  portrait 
of  the  President,  General  Bernardo  Soto,  in  three-quarter  face  to 
left,  in  framework  differing  for  each  value ;  and  we  think  another 
firm  might  take  some  hints  with  very  great  advantage  from  the 
way  in  which  the  frames  are  varied.  To  give  a  detailed  description 
of  each  value  would  only  bewilder  us  and  our  readers,  as  we  hope 
to  be  able  later  on  to  give  illustrations  of  some  of  the  principal 
varieties.  If  it  be  true,  as  alleged  by  the  American  journals,  that 
Mr.  Seebeck  has  made  a  contract  with  Costa  Eica  similar  to  the  one 
he  has  made  with  Salvador,  he  will  have  to  wait  some  time  for  his 
turn  to  come.  The  impression  is  on  plain  white  paper,  and  the 
perforation  is  15. 

Adhesives.  1  centavo,  olive-brown. 
2  centavos,  blue-green. 
5         ,,         vermilion. 

20         ,,         yellow-green. 

40         ,,         brown-red. 

50         ,,         carmine. 

1  peso  blue. 

2  pesos,       violet. 

5      „  olive-green. 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS.  183 

Curacao. — Messrs.  Whitfield,  King,  and  Co.  send  us  specimens 
of  the  two  new  values  of  1  cent  and  2  cents  which  have  lately 
been  added  to  the  existing  series.  Numerals  similar  to  those  on 
the  Dutch  Indies  stamps  are  substituted  for  the  head  of  the  king 
as  the  central  device.  Impression  on  plain  white  wove  paper. 
Perforation  122-      Adhesive.     1  cent,  pearl-grey. 

2  cents,  purple. 

Dominican  Republic. — What  between  Mr.  Seebeck  and  the 
officials  we  have  had  a  fair  crop  of  stamps  and  provisionals  here 
since  1880.  Der  Philatelist  now  reports  the  current  series  as  over- 
printed diagonally  from  left  to  right  with  the  word  "oficial." 
The  Timbre-Poste  is  desirous  of  knowing  when  the  right  to  left 
and  the  horizontal  and  vertical  will  be  issued. 

Official  Stamps.     1  centavo,  green,  overprinted  in  black. 

2  centavos,  red  • ,, 

5  ,,  blue  ,, 

10  ,,  orange  „ 

The  20  centavos  is  not  reported. 

Egypt. — Our  contemporary,  the  Timbre-Poste,  mentions  that 
Der  Philatelist  announces  the  2  milliemes,  green,  with  surcharge 
upside  down,  and  the  same  on  the  envelopes,  pertinently  asking 
for  a  "little  more  light."  We  shall  be  glad  of  the  same,  as  two  or 
three  months  back  some  specimens  of  the  2  milliemes,  surcharged 
in  black  with  "  10  paras,"  were  sent  to  us  by  Messrs.  Whitfield, 
King,  and  Co.,  found  in  a  lot  of  obliterated  Egyptian  stamps. 
We  examined  the  surcharge  side  by  side  with  the  former  one,  and 
it  appeared  so  identical  that  we  concluded  that  the  clerks  in  the 
office  must  have  been  filling  up  their  time  with  surcharging  the 
stamps,  or  else  that  it  was  done  in  some  office  to  satisfy  those  who 
were  ignorant  of  the  alteration  in  the  tax,  and  that  the  franking 
was  accepted  as  one  of  20  paras,  previously  paid  for  the  same 
article.  Had  we  not  known  that  they  came  in  a  lot  of  other  stamps, 
we  should  at  once  have  condemned  them  as  frauds,  notwithstanding 
the  similarity  of  the  surcharge  to  the  genuine  one,  which  it  re- 
sembled in  every  way  except  that  the  letters  were  blurred. 

France. — Levant. — The  III.  B.  Journal  reports  that  the  stamp 
of  5  francs,  lilac  on  pale  lilac,  has  been  surcharged,  for  the  use  of 
the  French  Post-offices  in  the  Levant,   with  "  20  piastres  "  in 
black. 
Adhesive.     20  piastres  on  5  francs,  lilac  on  pale  lilac  ;  surcharged  in  black. 

French  Colonies. — Nossi  Be. — M.  Le  Boy  d'Etiolles  informs 
the  Timbre-Poste  that  the  following  is  the  list  of  the  stamps  which 
have  been  surcharged : 

60  stamps  of  10  cent.,       surcharged    5c. 

500  ,,           20                        ,,            15c. 

250  ,,           30                        „            25c. 

815  ,,           40  (2  types)        „             25c. 


184  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 

The  Decree,  dated  5th  June  last,  only  speaks  of  the  surcharge  of 
5  on  10  c,  and  25  on  40  c. 

Adhesives.     15  on  20  cent.,  brown  on  green,  surcharged  in  blue. 
25  on  30  cent.,  brown,  surcharged  in  blue. 

Germany. — Up  to  the  present  time  we  have  only  received  one 
value  of  the  new  series,  that  of  10  pfennig.  The  embossing  has 
been  done  away  with,  and  the  eagle,  surmounted  by  an  imperial 
crown  with  small  bandrols,  is  in  a  circle.  Above,  on  a  horizontal 
uncoloured  tablet  with  scroll  ends,  is  "reichspost;"  and  on  a 
similar  tablet  at  the  bottom,  intercepted  in  the  middle  by  a  com- 
partment for  the  numeral  of  value,  is  "pp."  on  each  side.  The  rest 
of  the  rectangle  is  composed  of  scroll  ornaments  and  laurel.  The 
impression  is  on  plain  white  paper,  and  the  perforation  is  14. 
Adhesive.     10  pfennig,  rose. 

Gibraltar. — The  wrapper  of  1  penny,  carmine  on  whity-brown, 
has  been  overprinted  in  black  with  10  centimos,  and  the  registration 
envelopes  of  2  pence,  vermilion,  sizes  G  and  K,  with  20  centimos, 
similarly  to  those  chronicled  in  our  August  number  The  Timbre- 
Poste  remarks  that  there  are  two  varieties  of  the  surcharge  of 
15  centimos  on  the  post  cards  of  l^d. ;  one  in  which  the  figure 
"  1  "  has  no  serif,  and  "centimos  "  is  17  mm.  long ;  and  the  other 
where  the  figure  "  1  "  is  thinner  at  the  top,  and  "  centimos  "  is 
17£  mm.  long. 

Wrapper.     10  centimos  on  1  penny,  carmine  on  whity-brown,  surcharged 

in  black. 
Eeg.  Env.     20  centimos  on  2  pence,  vermilion,  surcharged  in  black.     Sizes 

G  and  K. 

Gold  Coast. — The  following  is  announced  of  the  current  type 
on  paper  watermarked  Crown  C  A,  and  perforated  14. 
Adhesive.     3  pence,  yellow-green. 

The  Timbre-Poste  chronicles  three  other  values  of  a  new  design, 
having  the  head  of  the  Queen  in  eight  octagonal  borders.  Above 
the  head  is  "  gold  coast  :  "  on  the  left  "  postage  ; "  on  the  right 
"  revenue,"  and  the  value  at  the  foot  on  a  tablet  of  another  colour. 
The  impression  is  on  Crown  C  A  paper,  and  the  perforation  1 4. 

Adhesives.     5  shillings,  purple,  value  in  blue. 

10        „  ,,  ,,       carmine. 

20        ,,        green  ,,  ,, 

Guinea. — The  Timbre-Poste  announces  the  issue  of  the  following 
new  values  of  the  current  type,  perforated  15  : 

Adhesives.     80  reis,  grey. 

200    ,,    pale  lilac. 
500    „    orange. 

Gwalior. — According  to  Der  Philatelist,  the  following  Indian 
stamps  have  appeared  overprinted  in  black  for  this  State : 

Adhesives.     4  annas,  green,  overprinted  in  black. 
1  rupee,  lilac-grey  ,,  ,, 


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185 


Jhind. — The  same  journal  also  reports  the  J  anna,  green; 
1  anna,  purple-brown ;  2  annas,  blue ;  4  annas,  green ;  and  the 
1  rupee,  slate,  as  having  appeared  overprinted  in  red,  with 
"jhind  state"  in  two  horizontal  lines.  With  the  exception 
of  the  1  anna  the  above  are  known  to  us,  though  we  have  failed 
to  chronicle  them. 

Aclhesives.     |  anna,  green,  surcharged  in  red. 

1  ,,      purple-brown         ,, 

2  ,,      blue  ,, 
4     „      green 

1  rupee,  slate  ,, 

The  following  have  the  word  "service"  in  addition,  also  in  red: 


Service  Stamps. 


\  anna,  green. 
2  annas,  blue. 


Medellill. — Two  stamps  have  been  sent  to  the  Timbre-Poste  by 
M.  Michelson,  which  are 
shown  in  the  annexed  en- 


2J  cental  i1 

erotobeSx 

MEDELIM 


gravmgs,  appearing  to 
emanate  from  Medellin, 
which  the  Timbre-Poste 
states  to  be  the  capital  of 
Antioquia.  Keith  Johnston 
differs,  however,  and  gives 


Medellin  as  being  in  the  State  of  Cundinamarca, 
and  Sta  Ee  de  Antioquia  as  being  the  capital  of  the  State  of  Antioquia. 
It  is  said  that  these  are  provisional  stamps,  and  are  both  printed  on 
the  same  sheet ;  but  the  Timbre-Poste  does  not  say  of  how  many 
stamps  the  sheet  is  composed,  only  that  they  are  printed  typo- 
graphically on  coloured  paper  in  four  horizontal  rows,  the  last  of 
which  is  formed  of  stamps  of  2J  centavos,  of  which  there  are  two 
varieties,  while  there  are  six  of  the  5  centavos. 

Adhesives.     2\  centavos,  black  on  yellow,  2  varieties. 
5  ,,  6 


Nabha. — The  following  are  announced  with  the  overprint  of 
"  nabha  state  "  in  black  in  two  lines  : 

Adhesives.     2  annas,  blue,  surcharged  in  black. 
4       „      green 
Service  Stamp.     2       ,,      blue  ,,  ,, 

The  following  have  the  arms  as  well  as  the  surcharge  in  black  : 

Post  Card.     5  +  5  anna,  red-brown,  surcharge  and  arms  in  black. 
Envelopes.     J  anna,  green,  (2  sizes)        ,,  ,,  ,, 

1     ,,      brown 

New  South  Wales. — We  have  an  official  envelope,  inscribed 
"On  Her  Majesty's  Service,"  120  x  95  mm.,  of  white-laid  paper, 
bearing  a  stamp  of  twopence  of  the  centennial  type  (Emu),  over- 
printed in  black  with  o.s.  We  are  told  that  there  is  a  similar 
envelope  with  a  centennial  stamp  of  one  penny. 
130** 


186  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 

Two  envelopes  of  official  size  have  also  been  provided  for  official 
use,  one  of  which  bears  a  stamp  of  one  penny  of  the  centennial 
issue,  with  o.s.  on  plugs  in  the  upper  angles,  and  the  other  a  stamp 
of  sixpence  of  the  old  type,  with  o.s.  also  on  plugs ;  but  our 
correspondent  fails  to  tell  us  if  they  are  of  azure  or  white-laid  paper. 
Official  Envelope.     2  pence,  blue  (1888),  overprinted  in  black. 

Queensland. — We  have  a  new  post  card  of  one  penny  124  x  76 
mm.  after  the  likeness  of  those  of  2  pence  and  3  pence  issued  at 
the  commencement  of  the  year,  and  with  a  stamp  of  similar  design. 
The  centre  legend  is  also  the  same ;  but,  of  course,  there  is  no 
legend  under  the  stamp. 

Post  Card.     1  penny,  crimson -lake  on  buff. 

Salvador. — We  annex  an  engraving  of  the  stamp  of  the 
3  centavos  surcharged  with  1  centavo,  as 
described  in  our  last. 

Siam. — Messrs.  Whitfield,  King,  and  Co. 
send  us  the  2  att  stamp  of  1883,  surcharged  in 
black  over  the  original  value,  with  Siamese 
characters  representing  1  att.  We  are  informed 
that  a  new  stamp  of  1  att  is  shortly  to  be 
issued. 

Adhesive.  1  att  on  2  atts,  vermilion,  surcharged 
in  black. 

Sarawak. — We  have  the  8  cents  of  the  current  series  in  green, 
with  the  tablet  of  value  in  rose,  surcharged  with  "  2  C."  in  black 
over  the  original  value. 

Adhesive.     2  c.  on  8  c,  green  and  rose,  surcharged  in  black. 

Shanghai. — The  Timbre-Poste  has  received  the  following  letter 
from  Shanghai : 

"lam  unable  to  send  you  the  100  cash,  yellow,  with  the  double 
surcharges  of  100  c.  and  20  c,  for  very  few  were  issued.  The 
reason  of  this  singular  surcharge  is,  that  the  postmaster  surcharged 
800  stamps  of  100  c.  with  the  value  of  20  c,  when  a  globe-trotter 
passing  through  Shanghai  came  to  the  post-office  at  the  moment 
these  stamps  were  put  on  sale,  and  bought  the  whole  lot,  thinking 
that  there  would  be  no  more  surcharges,  as  the  watermarked  stamps 
were  expected  to  arrive  from  one  moment  to  another ;  but  as  these 
did  not  arrive,  the  Postmaster  changed  the  80  c.  into  20  c.  by 
surcharging  them.  Our  globe-trotter  finding  this  out,  wished  the 
postmaster  for  some  reason  or  other  to  take  back  his  stamps,  which 
the  postmaster  refused  to  do.  A  complaint  having  been  made  to 
the  Municipal  Council,  the  postmaster  was  requested  to  take  back 
the  100  c.  surcharged  stamps ;  but  having  sufficient  stamps  of 
20  cash,  he  restored  them  to  their  original  value  by  a  second 
surcharge  of  100  cash." 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 


187 


Spain. — The  following  decree  has  appeared  in  the  official 
journal : 

MINISTRY    OF    THE    INTERIOR. 
General  Direction  of  the  Indirect  Taxes. 

This  General  Direction,  in  pursuance  of  its  powers,  has  decided  that  at  the 
end  of  the  present  month  the  current  postage  and  telegraph  stamps,  with  the 
exception  of  those  of  1  c.  de  peseta,  shall  be  withdrawn  from  sale  in  all  the 
offices  ;  and  that  on  and  after  the  1st  October  there  shall  be  put  in  circula- 
tion new  stamps  of  communicaciones  with  the  portrait  of  His  Majesty  Don 
Alphonso  XIII.  (Q.  D.  G.) 

At  the  same  time,  in  order  that  the  public  may  not  be  inconvenienced  by 
exchanging  stamps  which  were  in  use,  and  which  may  be  in  their  possession, 
the  Direction  has  consented  to  allow  these  stamps  to  be  used  concurrently 
with  the  new  ones  up  to  the  31st  December  next,  after  which  date  they  will 
be  considered  as  null. 

This  announcement  is  made  for  the  information  of  the  public. 

The  Director-General, 

Madrid,  2nd  Sept.,  1889.  RAMON  CROS. 

The  design  of  the  series  is  shown  in  the  annexed  engraving,  the 
stamp  being  the  work  of  Senor  Julia,  whose 
name  appears  on  the  base  of  the  bust.  The 
frame  is  not  exactly  new,  as  it  was  prepared 
for  a  series  about  to  be  issued  at  the  time  of 
the  death  of  the  late  king,  and  which  showed 
his  head  to  the  right,  differing  from  its  prede- 
cessors by  the  addition  of  whiskers  and  mous- 
tache.    This  series  consisted  of  thirteen  values, 

and  the  present  one  has  a  like  number.     The  impression  is  on 

white  paper,  and  the  perforation  is  14. 

The  values  and  colours  are  said  to  be  as  follows  : 


2  centimos, 

blue-green. 

40  centimos,  brown. 

5         ,, 

ultramarine. 

50          ,,         pink. 

10 

yellow-brown. 

75          ,,         orange-red 

15 

violet-brown. 

1  peseta,  purple. 

20 

vellow-green. 

4       ,,       carmine. 

25 

dark  blue. 

10       ,,       salmon. 

30 

dark  green. 

At  present  we  have  only  seen  the  25  centimos,  and  as  the  colour 
scarcely  agrees  with  that  given  above,  we  refrain  from  giving  the 
list  until  we  have  seen  the  specimens. 

Adhesive.     25  centimos,  slate-blue. 

Switzerland. — The  inscriptions  on  the  sides  of  the  single  cards 
of  5  centimes  now  appear  on  the  corresponding  reply  cards. 
Post  Card.     5  +  5  centimes,  black  on  buff ;  inscription  on  side. 


TobagO. — The  2^  pence,  blue,  has,  according 
to   the   American    Journal   of    Philately,    been 
surcharged  in  black  with  "  1  penny, "  as  depicted 
in  the  annexed  engraving. 
Adhesive.   1  penny  on  2J  pence,  blue,  surcharged  in  black. 


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THE  MUNICH   POSTAGE  STAMP  EXHIBITION. 


Encouraged  by  their  previous  success  and  that  of  their  confreres  at 
Antwerp  and  Amsterdam,  that  enterprising  and  numerous  body — the 
Munich  Philatelic  Society— decided  this  year  to  hold  another  Postage 
Stamp  Exhibition  on  a  more  ambitious  scale,  in  celebration  of  the  fortieth 
anniversary  of  the  introduction  of  postage  stamps  into  the  kingdom  of 
Bavaria  (the  well-known  1  kr.,  black,  on  the  1st  November,  1849). 

The  locale  selected  for  the  venture  was  the  Central  Concert  Rooms  in 
Munich — a  fine  large  and  lofty  suite  of  rooms,  well  suited  for  the  purpose 
required,  although  suffering  from  the  absence  of  a  top  light. 

The  appearance  of  the  largest  room  was  striking,  the  show-cases  being 
arranged  in  long  parallel  lines,  with  a  cross-table  on  the  raised  dais  at 
the  end,  radiant  with  the  Bavarian  blue  and  white  colours  and  general 
gorgeousness.  Imagine  a  big  banquet  in  a  public  hall  in  England,  sub- 
stituting rows  of  stamp  exhibits  for  dining-tables,  and  a  fair  idea  of  the 
tout  ensemble  may  be  gathered.  The  "show-cases"  consisted  of  a  very 
light  framework  of  rough  deal,  about  5  feet  long  and  3  feet  wide,  standing 
on  tables,  these  being  draped  with  cloth.  The  framework  was  then  covered 
with  sheets  of  thickish  white  paper ;  the  exhibits,  in  one  horizontal  and 
two  almost  vertical  rows  on  either  side,  being  then  placed  in  position,  and 
the  glass  laid  over  them.  The  extreme  simplicity  of  this  plan  is  evident ; 
but  whether  the  drawbacks — such  as  pressure  on  the  stamps,  possible 
absorption  of  damp,  or  risk  of  damage  by  the  breakage  of  the  glass — do 
not  weigh  considerably  against  its  advantages,  is  one  that  is  open  to 
question. 

The  faith  of  our  good  Bavarian  friends  in  the  public  honesty  is  as  un- 
limited as  was  that  of  Alfred  the  Great  of  pious  memory — many  of  the 
finest  and  best  stamps  having  remained  for  some  time  exposed  alike  to 
view  and  touch.  It  is  but  fair  to  state  that  the  Committee  remedied  this 
defect  to  the  best  of  their  power,  and  with  one  minor  exception  no  stamp 
was  either  lost,  stolen,  or  strayed.  Nevertheless,  in  arranging  the  next 
exhibition  of  stamps,  the  projectors  of  it  will  do  well  to  more  substantially 
protect  the  exhibits.  Everything  was  fully  insured,  night  and  day  watch- 
men were  engaged,  and  indeed,  with  the  above  exception,  which  candour 
compels  me  to  make,  the  whole  Exhibition — from  the  hour  of  its  opening, 
on  Sunday  morning,  the  29th  September,  with  a  brilliant  speech  by  the 
worthy  honorary  President,  Herr  Theodor  Haas,  to  its  last  lebewohl  on  the 
following  Sunday  evening — must  be  regarded  as  a  decided  success,  worthy 
alike  of  the  members  of  the  Munich  Society  and  the  science  that  they  and 
we  delight  to  honour. 

The  catalogue  showed  a  list  of  no  less  than  eighty  exhibits,  necessarily  of 
a  varied  character,  but  of  general  excellence,  including  collections,  special  and 
general  literature,  and  albums. 

The  jury  consisted  of  the  following  gentlemen  :  Herr  C.  Lindenberg,  the 
Curator  of  the  Philatelic  Department  in  the  Imperial  Museum  in  Berlin  ; 
Herr  Theodar  Haas,  the  Hon.  President  of  the  Munich  Society;  Herr  Anton 
Bache,  representing  the  Vienna  Society ;  Herr  Ernst  Petritz,  representing 


THE   MUNICH    POSTAGE    STAMP    EXHIBITION.  189 

the  Dresden  International  Society ;  and  myself  on  behalf  of  the  Philatelic 
Society  of  London. 

In  the  one  or  two  cases  where  one  of  the  jury  came  into  competition, 
the  member  affected  of  course  retired  from  the  deliberation.  The  work  of 
adjudication  was  very  severe,  and,  I  believe,  was  most  conscientiously 
performed.  The  awards  given  consisted  in  the  aggregate  of  four  gold 
medals,  eight  silver,  and  eighteen  bronze.  The  medals  were  such  as  one 
would  expect  in  a  place  of  "  culture "  like  Munich,  extremely  tasteful  and 
handsome ;  and  English  philatelists  will,  I  am  sure,  be  glad  to  know  that 
one  of  the  highest  awards  fell  to  a  member  of  the  London  Society.  A 
brief  resume  of  some  of  the  principal  exhibits  will  doubtless  be  read  with 
interest  by  the  readers  of  the  Philatelic  Record. 

First  in  importance  and  value  stands  the  collection  of  Herr  von  M , 

which  received  one  of  the  gold  medals.  Most  of  the  rarities  were  to  the  fore 
here.  B.  Guiana,  with  all  the  first  issue  except  the  2  c. ;  the  1  and  4  c.  of 
1854,  and  a  fine  lot  of  the  1862  provisionals.  Sandwich  Islands  included 
both  the  13  cents,  and  Reunion  two  types  of  the  15  c.  and  one  of  the  30, 
all  on  original  letters.  In  Moldavia,  a  strong  array  of  the  first  issue,  three 
or  four  copies  of  the  27  p. ;  and,  indeed,  all  the  rare  stamps  of  Europe  with- 
out exception.  In  Africa,  both  the  Cape  errors,  the  9d.  Natal,  and  a 
moderate  quantity  of  Mauritius.  In  America,  Peru  contained  two  copies  of 
the  medio  peso,  rose ;  Antioquia,  first  issue  complete,  the  10  centavos,  and 
a  strong  lot  of  the  earliest  U.S.  In  Australia  the  collection  was  but 
moderate,  to  say  the  best,  the  Sydneys  being  poor  in  quality.  An  evident 
want  of  care  in  the  selection  of  the  specimens  throughout  the  collection 
somewhat  marred  the  general  effect,  it  being  moreover  palpable  that  its 
possessor  had  still  much  to  learn  from  a  philatelic  aspect.  But  there  can 
be  few  collections  either  in  England  or  the  Continent  with  a  finer  lot  of  the 
acknowledged  rarities ;  and,  as  such,  it  was  an  inevitable  recipient  of  the 
high  honour  awarded. 

The  second  gold  medal  was  adjudicated  to  Dr.  Ernst  Winzer,  of  Dresden, 
and  with  every  justice.  This  gentleman  exhibited  a  portion  of  his  col- 
lection, principally  Europe  ;  his  system  being  the  acquisition  of  every  stamp 
used  and  unused.  In  the  countries  shown  he  had  practically  completed 
this,  and  by  very  fine  specimens,  notably  the  3  lire,  the  2  soldi,  and  60  crazie 
of  Tuscany,  all  unused.  All  the  2  reales  of  Spain  were  en  Evidence  in  both 
conditions,  and  Switzerland  also,  with  the  exception  of  the  4  c,  Vaud,  in 
an  unobliterated  state,  which  has  always  been  an  uncomfortable  stamp  to 
deal  with.  The  collection  is  very  neatly  mounted  on  plain  cartons,  the 
inscriptions  being  hand- written,  and  bears  evidence  of  great  care  not  only 
in  the  acquisition  of  the  specimens,  but  of  knowledge  in  their  arrangement. 

No.  3  gold  medal  fell  most  worthily  to  two  members  of  the  Munich  Phila- 
telic Society,  Messrs.  Hof  and  Otto  Sed'lmayr  (the  latter  gentleman  being 
the  President  of  the  Society).  Their  exposition  was  the  stamps,  envelopes, 
post  cards,  &c,  of  their  own  country,  Bavaria.  These  were  exhibited  in 
great  variety,  used  and  unused.  The  sub-varieties  of  paper,  shade,  and 
printing  (notably  in  the  1867,  1868,  and  1870  issues)  were  "  duly  labelled 
for  inspection,"  and  should  make  their  energetic  philatelic  possessors  "happier 
far  than  kings."  A  similar  collection — finer  even  than  this  in  "entire 
things,"  but  much  weaker,  and  with  some  mistakes,  such  as  an  arbitrary 
and  suppositious  inclusion  of  originals  and  reprints  of  the  first  two  issues, 


190  THE   MUNICH   POSTAGE    STAMP   EXHIBITION. 

in  the  adhesives — was  exhibited  also  by  Herr  C.  Joris,  of  Munich,  and 
narrowly  missing  the  gold  prize,  received  a  silver  one.  In  connection  with 
these  two  collections,  I  venture  to  think  that  they,  with  many  other  exhibits, 
tend  strongly  to  show  that  the  study  of  philately,  as  against  the  making  of 
a  collection,  is  gaining  rapidly  in  Germany.  It  can  but  be  the  earnest  wish 
of  all  philatelists  that  the  enterprise  and  acumen  that  have  placed  Germany 
in  so  leading  a  position  in  other  matters  should  extend  to  their  votaries  of 
our  science.  If  the  German  philatelic  societies  generally,  as  bodies  corporate, 
would  but  back  up  the  individual  efforts  that  have  been  so  well  made,  there 
is  no  reason  why  they  should  not  occupy  one  of  the  highest  positions  in  the 
philatelic  temple  of  fame.  It  is  better  to  publish  a  conscientious  and  accu- 
rate list  of  the  stamps  of  their  own  respective  countries,  than  to  have  a 
society  composed  of  twenty  sections  and  a  thousand  names  ! 

After  this  somewhat  lengthy  digression,  I  may  be  excused  if  I  dismiss 
with  great  brevity  the  recipient  of  the  fourth  gold  medal  by  merely  stating 
that  he  exhibited  the  stamps,  envelopes,  and  cards  of  Tasmania  complete, 
and  a  few  other  things,  such  as  sheets  of  the  1854-55  Philippine  ;  and  that 
he  is  (or  shall  I  say  the  writer  is  ?)  duly  cognisant  of  the  high  honour  con- 
ferred on  the  Philatelic  Society  of  London  through  this  handsome  recognition 
of  his  exhibits. 

The  other  recipients  of  the  silver  medals  were  Miss  V.  Borgen,  of  Copen- 
hagen; and,  for  a  part  of  his  carefully  selected  collection,  L.  Berger,  of 
Brunswick,  who  showed  a  considerable  portion  of  a  collection  that  had 
evidently  been  the  work  of  many  years,  and  in  some  countries,  such  as 
Surinam,  was  so  strong  as  to  make  him,  in  relation  to  the  gold  medals, 
proxime  accessit. 

Bronze  medals  were  well  earned  by  several  other  gentlemen,  notably  by 
Dr.  Kloss,  who  showed  a  good  collection  of  the  U.S.  envelopes,  which,  but 
for  the  absence  of  some  of  the  rarities,  would  have  probably  secured  a 
higher  award ;  by  Herr  P.  Beschoren,  of  Munich,  who  showed  a  speciality 
collection  of  the  stamps,  envelopes,  and  cards  of  Ceylon,  that  evinced  an 
intimate  acquaintance  with  the  issues  of  that  interesting  country. 

Prizes  were  also  awarded  for  German  local  stamps,  many  thousands  of 
these  valuable  and  interesting  "  stamps "  being  shown  by  one  exhibitor ; 
but  I  may  be  allowed  to  say,  without,  I  trust,  divulging  any  secret,  that  this 
recognition  of  these  so-called  stamps  did  not  secure  the  unanimous  acceptance 
of  the  jury  ! 

A  really  fine  assemblage  of  fiscal  stamps  by  Herr  E.  Penater,  of  Ofen, 
obtained  a  silver  medal. 

In  the  Authorship  Section  the  silver  medal  was  awarded  to  Herr  C. 
Lindenberg,  the  well-known  Curator  of  the  Imperial  Postage  Stamp  Col- 
lection of  the  Berlin  Museum,  for  his  work,  as  far  as  at  present  completed, 
the  Handbuch  der  Philatelie.  No  more  worthy  recipient  could  possibly  be 
found  for  this  honour,  as  a  cursory  perusal  of  the  book  indicates  philatelic 
knowledge  of  a  high  order,  and  an  evidence  of  a  strong  desire  on  the  part 
of  the  writer  to  raise  the  standard  of  scientific  collecting  in  the  German 
empire.  To  M.  Moens  was,  of  course,  awarded  a  medal  in  recognition  of 
his  invaluable  services  to  literature  in  previous  years.  I  should  add  that 
M.  Theodor  Haas,  exhibiting  a  collection  of  nearly  500  volumes  of  philatelic 
literature,  received  a  silver  medal  for  his  magnificent  library ;  and  that  for 
excellence  of  work  in  their  several  productions  of  stamp  albums  bronze 


SALVADOR   STAMPS.  191 

medals  were  awarded  to  Messrs.  Larisch,  of  Munich;   Senf,  of  Leipsic; 
Petritz,  of  Dresden  ;  and  others. 

In  conclusion,  I  would  merely  say  that  were  any  hostile  criticism  necessary, 
the  bonhomie  and  friendly  kindness  that  I  have  met  with  would  have  ren- 
dered the  task  very  difficult ;  but  it  is  fortunately  only  my  pleasing  duty  to 
say  that,  both  in  the  inception  and  execution  of  their  undertaking,  the 
Bavarian  Philatelic  Society  of  Munich  are  to  be  heartily  congratulated  on 
the  brilliant  success  that  has  attended  their  efforts. 

That  these  exhibitions  have  a  tendency  to  increase  the  number  of  collectors, 
and  to  extend  their  knowledge,  can  hardly  admit  of  discussion.  If,  therefore, 
the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  the  first  postage  stamp  should  pass 
unrecognised  in  its  native  land,  I  cannot  but  think  the  philatelists  of  Great 
Britain  will  be  weighed  in  the  balance,  and  found  wanting. 

M.  P.  Castle. 


SALVADOR    STAMPS. 


We  extract  from  the  Philatelic  Journal  of  America  the  following  letter 
from  the  Postal  Department  of  Salvador  : 

"  San  Salvador,  July  15th,  1889. 

"Editor  of  the  Philatelic  Journal  of  America,  St.  Louis. 

"  Sir, — I  feel  bound  to  rectify  some  of  the  statements  contained  in 
No.  54,  vol.  v. ,  of  your  paper,  under  the  heading  of  '  Stamp  Monopoly ' — at 
least  in  what  concerns  the  Department  of  Posts  of  Salvador,  as  party  of  the 
first  part  of  the  contract,  signed  on  the  27th  of  March  last,  with  Mr. 
Seebeck,  Secretary  of  the  Hamilton  Bank  Note  Engraving  and  Printing  Co. 
of  New  York. 

"  You  will  allow  me  to  say,  that  you  are  labouring  under  a  misapprehension 
whilst  complacently  bidding  collectors  to  expect  big  series  of  Salvador 
postage  stamps  ;  the  truth  being  that  our  issue  for  1890  comprises  only 
such  values  as  were  by  me  planned  as  far  back  as  1887  ;  viz.,  1,  2,  3,  5,  10, 
20,  25,  50  cents,  and  $1,  made  necessary  by  the  requirements  of  the  service, 
and  not  exactly  ordered  to  please  the  party  of  the  second  part  of  the  agree- 
ment above  alluded  to.  I  must  say  the  same  as  to  the  stamped  envelopes, 
in  which  the  only  alterations  introduced,  as  to  prices,  have  been  made  at  the 
request  of  merchants  here. 

"  As  to  colours,  &c,  see  the  enclosed  copy  of  the  instructions  given  to  Mr. 
Seebeck,  adding  that  any  deviation  from  its  tenor  would  cause  the  values 
delivered  to  be  returned  to  the  Company,  unless  opportunely  solicited  and 
consented  to;  and  to  this  end  the  Consul  of  Salvador  at  New  York  is 
empowered  by  the  Government. 

"This  means,  of  course,  that  intentional  errors  rouletted,  unperforated 
stamps,  and  any  such  devices  as  are  hinted  at  in  your  paper,  are  to  be 
considered  as  absolutely  of  no  value  whatever  ;  and  if  after  this  pretty  plain 
declaration  collectors  should  buy  any  such,  allowing,  for  the  sake  of  argu- 
ment, that  a  respectable  corporation  might  lend  its  name  to  encourage 
fraudulent  practices,  the  blame  is  to  be  laid  at  their  own  door. 

"  The  Government  of  Salvador  would,  of  course,  take  the  necessary  steps 
in  such  an  eventuality  ;  but  the  harm  resulting  therefrom  to  simple-minded 
buyers  would  have  been  done. 

"  You  are  at  liberty  to  publish  this  letter  if  you  think  it  will  do  any  good. 
"  I  am,  dear  sir,  respectfully  yours, 

"(Signed)  Salvador  I.  Carazo, 

11  Director-General  of  Posts  of  Salvador." 


192 


SALVADOR   STAMPS. 


"INSTRUCTIONS  GIVEN  TO  Mr.  SEEBECK. 
"  Exact  size  of  the  1887  3  c.  stamps. 

"  LEGENDS. 

"  On  top,  '  Servicio  Postal  del '  (in  capitals). 
In  upper  half  of  oval,  '  Salvador '  (in  capitals). 
In  lower  half  of  oval,  '  America  Central '  (in  capitals). 
In  diagonal  bands  (as  per  model), '  Tres,  Cinco  Centavos '  and  according 

to  value  (in  capitals  too). 
At  the  foot  of  the  figure,  '  1890.' 
The  Arabic  numbers  at  the  waist  of  the  stamps  are  to  be  engraved 

according  to  the  value  of  each. 
None  but  the  best  paper  and  gum  are  to  be  used. 
No  faded  colours  admitted. 

"In  all  postage  stamp  sheets  perforating  to  be  used  in  preference  to 
any  other  proceeding.    Above  all,  no  rouletting  is  to  be  resorted  to. 

"The  paper  used  in  stamped  envelopes  is  to  be  of  the  kind  enclosed 
(similar  to  that  provided  some  time  since  by  the  American  Bank  Note  Co., 
New  York),  in  four  colours  :  |  amber,  I  blue,  \  white,  \  light  green. 

"For  postal  cards,  see  enclosed  samples  (cards  of  the  1879  issue)  as  to 
legends  and  materials.  As  to  the  figure,  the  accompanying  water-colour 
sketch  is  to  be  accurately  followed. 

"  Series  of  Postage  Stamps,  &o. ,  to  be  Engraved  by  the 
Hamilton  Bank  Note  Co.  for  1890. 


3  cents,  lemon-yellow 


Postage  Stamps. 


5 

10 
20 
25 
50 

1 


peso, 


cerulean  blue 

lilac 

gold-yellow 

crimson 

maroon 

scarlet 


Postal  Cards. 


2  cents,  chocolate 
2  +  2      „ 

3  „      orange 

O  +  o        .,  ,, 


5  cents, 

10  „ 

11  „ 
20  „ 
22      „ 


3  cents, 
6      „ 
12£    „ 
25      „ 


Stamped  Envelopes. 
cerulean  blue 
red 

lemon-yellow 
red 
lemon-yellow 


brown 


Newspaper  Wrappers. 


We  cannot  say  much  for  the 


450,000 
450,000 
250,000 
150,000 
100,000 
85,000 
15,000 


2,500 
2,000 
2,500 
2,500 


5,000 
5,000 
5,000 
5,000 
5,000 


2,500 
2,500 
2,500 
2,500 : 


instructions.  Any  one  having  the  least 
notion  of  stamps  could  make  100  varieties  without  going  beyond  their 
strict  letter. — Ed. 


A    NEW    VICE.  193 


A  NEW  VICE, 

From  "The  Saturday  Review"  of  September  28th,  1889. 


"  The  hobby  of  stamp  collectors  has  hitherto  been  thought  harmless,  and  their 
passion  a  feeble  but  not  dangerous  absurdity.  Darker  things  than  this  hide 
in  the  deeps  of  the  '  philatelic '  mania.  Stamp  collectors  are  a  power,  a  vast 
secret  society.  The  concierges  of  Abyssinian  hotels,  the  gillies  on  Highland 
moors,  the  children  of  the  so-called  '  ruling  classes,'  are  all  gatherers  -  of 
ancient  postage  stamps.  The  passion  leads  directly  to  anarchy,  to  ceaseless 
revolution,  to  an  insatiate  craving  for  perpetual  political  changes.  At  present, 
perhaps,  stamp  collectors  only  desire  these  things.  Soon  they  will  attempt 
to  produce  them.  The  Philotelic  Record,  their  organ,  may  seem  as  harmless 
as  the  Leisure  Hour  or  the  Gardener's  Chronicle.  The  two  hundred  old 
stamp  shops  may  not  appear  hotbeds  of  sedition.  Wait  a  little,  and  stamp 
collecting  will  appear  like  the  Cui  Bono  of  an  Anglo-Indian  statesman, '  in 
all  its  native  hideousness. ' 

"  Perhaps  the  first  lurid  light  on  the  revolutionary  aims  of  stamp  collectors 
was  cast  by  a  recent  remark  made  in  private  life.  '  The  Prince  of  Monaco 
is  dead,'  cried  a  young  collector,  '  Hooray  ! '  '  Why  Hooray  ? '  was  the 
natural  answer  to  this  unfeeling  speech.  '  Why,  don't  you  see,  there  will  be 
a  new  stamp,  and  the  old  ones  will  be  scarce.'  It  seems  that  this  heartless 
person  was  a  large  holder  of  Monaco  stamps  up  to  the  five  franc  stamp  itself. 
Monaco  has  a  vert  olive  stamp,  a  violet  stamp,  a  blue  one,  a  stamp  brun  sur 
jaune,  blue  on  rose,  carmine,  black  on  rose,  but  not  rouge  et  noir.  There  is 
also  a  yellow  stamp,  and  the  five  franc  one,  bleu  sur  gris  bleu.  On  all  is 
the  florid  effigy  of  the  late  Prince,  whose  death  has  sent  a  thrill  of  ghoulish 
delight  among  stamp  collectors. 

"  He  who  desires  the  end  may  desire  the  means.  From  rejoicing  in  the  death 
of  a  lamented  prince  to  plotting  his  end  is  but  a  step.  The  feverish  passion 
for  novce  res  in  stamps  will  soon  cause  the  step  to  be  taken.  Nor  are  princes 
and  emperors  alone  menaced.  Presidents  must  also  go,  except  in  America, 
happy  America,  where  no  revolutions  can  hope  to  get  rid  of  the  same  old 
chubby  presidents.  Uneasy  lies  the  head  that 's  on  a  stamp,  even  at  present ; 
and,  when  once  the  philatelic  revolution  is  unchained,  there  will  be  a  monthly 
sweeping  away  of  unhappy  rulers.  The  mere  political  form  of  a  Constitution 
"will  not  avail  to  protect  it.  Republics  must  go,  with  kings,  that  a  new  face 
or  figure  may  appear  on  the  stamp.  These  predictions  cannot  seem  exag- 
gerated to  anyone  who  knows  philatelists.  They  will  give  pounds  of  honest 
money  for  half  a  square  inch  of  paper  with  a  view  of  Sydney  on  it,  and 
hideous  colonial  caricatures  of  Her  Britannic  Majesty  fetch  as  high  a  price. 
They  talk  of  'serpentine  perforations,'  of  wmk.  (a  pass-word,  like  L.P.D. 
in  Joseph  Balsamo),  they  have  their  secrets  from  the  world.  Only  one  good 
thing  can  be  said  of  them  politically.  They  are  not  Separatists  ;  they  do  not 
conspire  in  favour  of  the  Heptarchy,  nor  of  autonomous  communes.  Nay, 
concerning  the  stamps  of  such  interesting  societies  they  speak  disdainfully, 
calling  them  '  Beastly  little  locals.' " 


We  were  not  before  aware  of  the  incentive  to  high  treason  that  may  be 
involved  in  philately,  or  even  that  there  may  possibly  be  some  home-rulers 
who  are  only  such  because  they  would  then  have  the  satisfaction  of  possessing 
separate  issues  for  Ireland,  Scotland,  and  Wales.  At  present  there  is  no  lack 
of  legitimate  food  for  philatelists  without  their  craving  after  revolutionary 
productions,  or  having  to  descend  to  "beastly  little  locals,"  a  beautiful  name 
for  some  of  the  recent  Scandinavian  and  German  productions. 


194  NOTES    AND    QUERIES. 

We  must,  however,  correct  the  etymology  of  our  title.  We  are  not  The 
Philotelic  Record,  but  The  Philatelic  Record.  The  proposal  to  adopt  the 
word  Philately,  as  describing  what  was  then  called  timbromanie  in  France, 
and  stamp  collecting  in  England,  was  made  by  M.  Herpin  in  1864,  deriving 
it  from  the  two  Greek  words  <pi\os,  a  friend  or  lover,  and  areX^s  (in  speaking 
of  an  object),  free  of  all  charge  or  tax,  franked ;  or  the  substantive,  areXeia  ; 
Philately  signifying  therefore  the  love  of  the  study  of  all  that  relates  to 
franking.  We  are  afraid  if  the  spelling  of  the  Saturday  Review  were 
adopted,  a  stamp  collector  would  be  <pi\os  reXoj,  a  lover  of  taxes.  The 
manufacture  of  some  word  which  would  define  the  pursuit  was  not  easy,  but 
no  one  seems  to  have  been  able  to  construct  a  better.  It  is  a  common  rule 
in  the  formation  of  compound  words  that  they  should  not  be  drawn  from 
two  languages,  but  the  French  philatelists  have  disregarded  this  rule,  and  in 
consequence  we  have  such  words  as  timbrophilie,  timbrologie,  &c.  Still  a 
strict  adherence  to  the  rule  would  banish  many  accepted  words  from  the 
English  dictionary.  Certainly  the  word  "Philately,"  as  defined  by  M. 
Herpin,  will  cover  a  large  surface  in  stamps,  and  would  include  not  only 
postage  stamps,  but  patent  medicine  labels,  and  American  bung  labels,  from 
which  we  earnestly  desire  to  be  defended,  as  our  love  does  not  extend  to 
them. 

We  are  glad  to  see  that  the  harmlessness  of  our  publication  is  acknow- 
ledged, and  that  we  are  not  accused  of  promoting  revolutions  or  indulging  in 
regicidal  views  for  the  purpose  of  increasing  our  monthly  record  of  novelties. 
In  truth  we  have  done  what  we  can  to  prevent  the  sale  of  illegitimate 
stamps,  though  perhaps  nothing  effectual  will  be  done  until  the  powers  of 
the  Post-office  Acts  are  put  in  force,  and  the  vendors  find  that  they  are 
subject  to  the  penalties  imposed  by  the  Acts. — Ed. 


Jiotts  antr  €Utems* 

Mr.  Feldwicke,  Brighton. — It  appears  that  we  omitted  to  notice  a 
communication  we  received  from  you  some  time  since  respecting  a 
Ceylon  and  a  Cape  stamp,  both  imperforate.  We  wrote  to  a  large 
collector  in  Brighton  regarding  the  stamps,  and  his  opinion  was  in 
their  favour ;  but  we  had  in  the  meanwhile  mislaid  the  note  of  the 
description.  We  are  always  thankful  to  any  who  will  send  us  any- 
thing novel,  or  any  lusus  naturaz  in  the  stamp  family,  but  wre  like  to  se 
the  article  ;  it  is  so  much  easier  to  describe  it  ourselves  than  to  decipher 
the  description  given  by  another  hand.  Any  communication  should  be 
sent  to  the  Editor,  to  the  care  of  the  Publishers,  before  the  end  of  the 
second  week  in  the  month,  if  it  is  intended  for  insertion  in  the  Record 
of  that  month. 

Major  Evans,  R.A. — Among  the  notes  from  abroad  supplied  by 
Mr.  Mekeel  to  the  Philatelic  Journal  of  America,  we  regret  to  see  that 
Major  Evans,  who  has  so  frequently  and  ably  assisted  us  by  his  contribu- 
tions, and  whose  health  has  of  late  suffered  from  the  damp  climate  of 
Bermuda,  has  not  derived  sufficient  benefit  from  his  recent  visits  to 


NOTES    AND    QUERIES.  195 

America,  and  is  about  to  return  to  England.  We  trust  that  his  native 
air  will  speedily  restore  him  completely.  His  last  contribution  to  our 
pages  was  written  during  his  voyage  to  Halifax. 

Austrian  Soldi  Stamps  Surcharged  for  the  Levant.  —  In 
February  last  we  mentioned  that  Mr.  Campbell  had  shown  us  some 
Austrian  soldi  stamps  surcharged  with  the  corresponding  values  in  paras 
and  piastres,  which  he  had  received  from  M.  Glavany,  of  Constantinople. 
The  Timbre-Poste  expressed  doubts  of  their  authenticity,  and  in  the 
month  of  July  last  published  the  following  correspondence,  for  which 
up  to  the  present  we  have  not  been  able  to  find  space  : 

"Mr.  A.  Glavany  to  the  Editor  of  the  Timbre-Poste. 

"  Constantinople,  8th  May,  1889. 

"Dear,  Sir, — In  reply  to  yours  of  this  month  relative  to  the  Austria 
soldi  stamps  surcharged  with  the  Turkish  value,  I  enclose  you  these  entire 
envelopes,  each  bearing  a  10  soldi  stamp  surcharged  '1  piast.  1,'  and  a  20 
soldi  surcharged  '  2  piast.  2. '  I  had  received  several  letters  from  Beyrouth 
thus  franked,  but  without  paying  attention  to  the  new  surcharge,  or  to  the 
circumstance  that  the  stamps  were  in  soldi.  As  soon  as  I  perceived  it  I  asked 
my  son-in-law,  who  resides  at  Beyrouth,  to  obtain  some  at  the  post,  and  I 
made  use  of  them  at  "Constantinople,  as  you  may  see  by  the  letters  I  send  you. 

"The  third  envelope  was  returned  to  me  by  my  son,  to  whom  I  had  sent 
it  in  Paris.  It  bears,  as  you  will  see,  two  stamps  of  3  soldi,  with  '10  paras  10' 
in  smaller  numerals,  and  the  surcharge  is  upside-down. 

"As  regards  the  Russian  Levant  large  numeral  7 — which  I  myself  found 
at  Beyrouth  about  five  years  since,  I  think — allow  me  to  say  that  anyone  who 
alleges,  as  you  say  in  your  journal  of  last  month,  that  this  surcharge  is  spurious 
does  not  know  what  he  is  talking  about.  What  object  could  a  forger  have  in 
making  such  a  variety  ?  Independently  of  those  which  you  have  had  from 
me,  and  those  which  I  have  kept,  I  do  not  think  that  others  are  in  existence, 
save  those  used  by  the  Russian  Post  of  Beyrouth,  and  which  are,  God  knows 
where.  "Yours  truly, 

"A.  Glavany." 

The  Director  of  the  Austrian  Post  of  Beyrouth,  under  date  of  27th 
May,  writes  as  follows  : 

"Sir, — In  reply  to  your  letter  of  the  13th  May,  I  have  the  honour  to  in- 
form you  that  one  day  last  year  we  found  in  our  box  several  letters  bearing 
stamps  of  the  kind  you  describe.  Having  myself  proposed  to  the  Minister 
of  Commerce  at  Vienna  to  affix  the  value  in  piastres  to  our  stamps,  and  make 
use  of  the  value  in  kreuzer,  I  knew  very  well  that  no  soldi  stamps  with  the 
Turkish  value  were  in  existence.  Without  delay  I  brought  the  matter  before 
the  direction  of  the  Post  at  Trieste,  which  discovered  that  the  falsification 

had  been  done  at  Constantinople  by  a  certain  M. ,  who,  it  was  said,  wished 

to  make  special  stamps  for  his  collection. 

"  I  strongly  protest  against  the  calumny  that  I  had  anything  to  do  with 
making  the  said  stamps.  "Receive,  &c, 

"Joseph  Bernhaupt, 
"Director  of  the  Austrian  Post." 


196  NOTES    AND    QUERIES. 

We  have  since  heard  no  more  about  these  stamps.  M.  Glavany  says, 
in  short,  that  he  got  them  from  the  Austrian  Post  Office  in  Beyrout. 
The  Director  there  says  that  he  did  not  make  them,  hut  accuses 
M.  Glavany,  whose  honorability  we  have  no  reason  to  doubt,  of  doing 
so.  Before  obelizing  them  we  wait  to  see  if  others  turn  up,  as  from 
M.  Glavany's  own  account  they  must  have  been  on  sale  for  some  little 
time. 

The  Sedang  Stamps. — We  extract  from  The  Times  of  the  15th  inst. 
the  following  account  of  the  manner  in  which  M.  de  Mayrena,  King 
Marie  I.  of  the  Sedangs,  has  been  snuffed  out.  He  will  have  the 
satisfaction  of  taking  his  stamps  with  him  on  retiring  into  private  life  : 

"The  End  of  the  Kingdom  of  the  Sedangs.— On  June  12  a  brief 
account  was  given  in  The  Times  of  the  manner  in  which  M.  de  Mayrena, 
an  ex-officer  of  the  French  navy,  became  'King  of  the  Sedangs,'  a  tribe 
inhabiting  a  small  district  on  the  borders  of  Annam.  Since  his  return  to 
Paris  this  gentleman  has  assumed  the  position  and  attributes  of  an  indepen- 
dent Sovereign  ;  he  has  distributed  orders  and  titles,  has  issued  decrees  from 
'Maison  du  Roi,'  including  one  divorcing  his  wife  on  the  ground  that  the 
climate  of  the  Sedang  country  does  not  agree  with  her,  and  taking  another 
in  marriage  on  the  ground  that  it  is  desirable  for  the  Monarch  of  the  Sedangs 
to  be  married  to  some  one.  The  attention  of  the  French  authorities  having 
been  directed  by  these  proceedings  to  the  Sedangs,  the  Resident-General  in 
Indo-China  has  despatched  an  official  from  the  residency  at  Quinhon  to  the 
Sedang  villages  to  put  them  under  French  protection.  The  headmen  were 
assembled,  and  the  disapproval  of  M.  de  Mayrena' s  proceedings  by  the  French 
Government  was  communicated  to  them.  It  was  explained  to  them  that  he 
did  not  represent  France,  that  henceforth  they  and  their  neighbours,  the 
Hamongs,  were  under  French  protection,  and  would  be  free  to  elect  one  of 
themselves  chief  in  place  of  Mayrena,  and  finally  they  were  asked  to  bring 
in  at  once  the  so-called  flags  of  the  Sedangs,  which  he  had  distributed  amongst 
them,  as  well  as  his  decrees,  orders,  insignia,  &c.  This  was  done,  and  the 
French  official  left,  the  people  being  quite  content  with  their  new  position." 

The  Philatelic  Society,  London. — The  first  meeting  of  the  society 
for  the  season  (1889-90)  is  to  be  held  on  Friday,  the  25th  October.  We 
are  glad  to  see  that  one  important  matter  has  not  been  overlooked,  as 
the  report  of  the  sub-committee  will  be  presented,  which  was  appointed 
to  consider  in  what  way  the  approaching  completion  of  fifty  years  since 
the  creation  of  postage  stamps  can  be  best  celebrated. 


Stanley,  Gibbons  &  Co.,  8,  Gower  Street,  London,  W.C. 


Uto  Ifiilaf^li^  3W!^ 


Vol.  XI.  NOVEMBER,   1889.  No.  131. 


-jE  are  now  within  six  months  of  the  completion  of 
the  fiftieth  year  since  the  creation  of  postage  stamps, 
and  the  inauguration  of  the  system  of  a  uniform 
rate  that  not  only  revolutionized  the  old  system 
in  England,  but  has  gradually  forced  its  way  into 
every  quarter  of  the  globe.  The  question  naturally 
arises-  whether  some  notice  should  not  be  taken  of 
the  day  when  the  first  envelope  and  the  first  postage  stamp  were 
issued— a  point  beyond  which  philately  cannot  go  and  which 
is  the  limit  of  its  horizon.  We  are  aware  that  the  Philatelic 
Society  of  London  is  occupied  in  solving  the  important  question 
how  this  interesting  epoch  may  be  marked  in  a  proper  and 
dignified  manner,  and  it  may  seem  somewhat  meddling  and 
superfluous  on  the  part  of  the  Record  to  appear  to  interfere; 
anything  that  we  may  say,  however,  is  not  dictated  by  such 
motives,  but  rather  with  a  view  to  impress  on  those  outside  the 
Society  the  propriety  of  celebrating  the  event  in  some  way. 

Two  modes  only  appear  to  suggest  themselves — a  general  con- 
gress of  Philatelists,  or  an  exhibition.  As  to  a  congress,  experience 
is  not  much  in  its  favour.  Some  good  monographs  were  read  at 
that  held  in  Paris  in  1878,  but  the  amount  of  useful  discussion 
was  small,  the  meetings  were  miserably  attended,  and  there  was 
a  want  of  reality  and  life  in  the  proceedings.  Those  annually 
held  in  the  United  States  appear  to  be  amicable  assemblies  rather 
than  meetings  for  the  discussion  of  philatelic  subjects,  though 
the  annual  address  of  the  President  is  interesting  and  suggestive. 
After  all,  the  most  successful  gatherings  seem  to  be  exhibitions, 
of  which  we  have  had  two  this  year — one  at  Amsterdam  and 
another  at  Munich.  In  order,  however,  that  an  exhibition  should 
be  commensurate  with  the  occasion,  the  net  should  be  spread 
sufficiently  wide. 


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It  can  scarcely  be  expected  that  the  Government  will  take 
the  initiative  in  such  an  exhibition.  This  must  be  under  the 
direction  of  the  Society ;  but  the  Government  might  well  lend  its 
co-operation,  and  place  whatever  it  has  that  would  be  interesting 
at  the  disposal  of  the  Society.  There  are  several  curiosities 
which  might  be  exhibited.  The  original  block  of  gun  metal 
on  which  Thompson  engraved  Mulready's  design  for  the  first 
envelope  and  cover  is  in  the  South  Kensington  Museum;  the 
original  die  of  the  One  Penny  adhesive  engraved  by  Heath  is 
still  in  existence,  both  of  which  are  highly  interesting  as  memorials 
of  fifty  years  since.  From  the  stores  of  Somerset  House,  from 
Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon,  and  Co.,  Messrs.  De  La  Eue  and  Co., 
Messrs.  Waterlow  and  Sons,  and  others,  surely  some  things  which 
would  interest  the  general  public  could  be  obtained.  Perhaps 
no  small  machine  attracted  more  notice  in  the  exhibition  of  1851 
than  the  envelope-making  machine  of  Messrs.  De  La  Eue  and  Co. 
Crowds  stood  daily  to  witness  the  precision  with  which  this 
automaton  turned  out  the  envelopes,  folded  and  gummed,  at  a 
rate  unheard  of  up  to  that  time.  The  exhibits  of  the  English 
Post  Office  in  the  Paris  Exhibition  of  1867  form  also  another 
example.  Could  not  something  be  done  to  render  an  exhibition 
rather  more  cosmopolitan  than  to  confine  it  simply  to  collections 
of  postage  stamps  and  works  on  philately  which  are  scarcely 
interesting  to  the  general  public  1  This  is  the  question  which  we 
would  put  to  the  body  of  philatelists,  and  one  which  we  trust 
the  Society  will  not  lose  sight  of,  as  upon  it  we  feel  convinced 
the  burden  will  fall  of  organising  some  fit  celebration  of  the 
6th  May,  1890. 

]fflttij{iii}$,  J)mtttt£m$,  unit  ]|jj$tmtWttm$+ 


Antioquia. — The  Timbre-Poste  states  that  the  stamps  described 
in  our  last  under  the  head  of  "  Medellin,"  and  bearing  the  name 

of  this  town  upon  them,  are 

really  for  the  Department  of 

Antioquia,  and  that  Medellin 

is  only  the  place  of  manu- 
facture.      This    provisional 

issue   seems   to   have   been 

very  speedily  swept  off,  and 

the  Medellin  printing  press 
has  again  been  set  to  work  to  produce  a  second 
edition,  naturally  varying  somewhat  in  type  from  the  first,  and 


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now  printed  with  several  minor  varieties,  of  which  there  are  ten 
in  the  sheet  of  5  centavos. 

Adhesives.     2J  centavos,  red  on  white. 

5  ,,  ,,         orange-yellow. 

Probably  the  necessity  for  these   provisional  issues  has  now 

passed,  as  a  series  of  four  values — 1,  2£,  5,  and  10  centavos — is 

announced.      They  all   bear  the   arms  of  the 

country  within  a  band,  inscribed  correos  del 

departamento  de  antioquia,  with  a  horizontal 

tablet   at  the   top  of   the  stamp  carrying  the 

inscription  republica  de  Colombia.    At  the  foot 

is  centavo(s)  on  a  scroll,  with  the  numeral  of 

value  above  it,  which  is  repeated  in  the  upper 

angles  below  the  horizontal  tablet.    The  annexed 

engraving  of  the  1  centavo  shows  the  general 

design,  which  is  varied  in  each  value.    The  stamps  are  lithographed 

in  black  on  wove  paper  of  various  colours,  and  are  perforated  13£. 

Adhesives.     1    centavo,  black  on  pink. 

2|  centavos,       ,,        pale  blue. 
5         ,,  ,,        yellow. 

10         ,,  ,,        green. 

Argentine  Republic. — Annexed  are  engravings  of  the  stamps 
of  12  and  20  centavos,  described  in  our  last. 
On  the  2nd  October  last 

another   value,    that   of    3 

centavos, was  issued,  bearing 

the  portrait  of  the  present 

President,  Don  Juarez  Cel- 

man,  within  an  upright  oval 

band,  inscribed  republica 

Argentina  in  the  ripper 
part.  At  the  foot  is  the  value  in  full,  on 
a  scroll,  and  the  numerals  of  value  are  in  the  upper  angles.  An 
engraving  of  this  shall  appear  in  our  next.  The  impression  is  on 
plain  white  wove  paper,  and  the  perforation  is  12. 

Adhesive.     3  centavos,  blue-green. 

Brazil. — We  have  the  envelopes  of  100  and  300  reis,  on  plain 
white  laid  paper,  in  a  new  size,  120  x  94  mm. 

Envelopes.     100  reis,  green  ;  new  size. 

300     ,,     carmine-red;  new  size. 

British  Bechuanaland. — In  August,  1886,  we  described  the 
post  card  of  One  Penny  of  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  as  surcharged 
with  British  bechuanaland,  in  block  type  of  2  mm.  This 
surcharge  was  in  two  lines,  11  and  23  mm.  long.  Messrs.  Whit- 
field, King,  and  Co.,  now  send  us  one  in  which  the  surcharge  is 
in  block  type  of  2 J-  mm.,  thinner  and  closer  than  in  the  former 
one,  the  length  of  the  lines  being  9£  and  18£  mm.  respectively; 
and  there  is  a  large  square  full  stop  at  the  end  of  the  second  line. 


Post  Card. 
131* 


1  penny,  surch.  in  black  on  Cape  of  Good  Hope  (variety). 


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Protectorate. — In  the  Halfpenny,  red,  surcharged  with  "Pro- 
tectorate— four  pence,"  the  printer's  pie  seems  to  have  been  in 
fault.  The  Timbre-Poste  has  discovered  four  errors.  It  mentions 
five,  but  the  fifth  is  similar  to  the  third,  save  being  honoured  with 
a  full  stop  at  the  end. 

British  North  Borneo. — The  stamp  of  2  cents,  red-brown, 
has  been  altered  to  "  Postage  and  Ee venue,"  like  the  3  and  5  cents. 
The  two  magnificent-looking  stamps,  of  which  engravings  are 
annexed,  have  also  been  issued  to  supply  the  growing  wants  of 


the  Company.     We  need  not  describe  them  except  to  say  that  the 
impression  is  on  plain  white  paper,  and  the  perforation  is  14. 

Adhesives.     2  cents,  red-brown,  postage  and  revenue;  perf.  14. 
5  dollars,  violet  ,,  „  ,, 

10       „       brown 

Bulgaria. — The  reply  card  of  5  +  5  stotinki  has,  according  to 
the  Timbre-Poste,  been  issued  with  inscriptions  corresponding  to 
those  on  the  single  card  of  5  stotinki,  issued  at  the  end  of  1887. 
Reply  Card.     5  +  5  stotinki,  green  on  white. 

Canada. — The  registration  stamp  of  5  cents  is  now  in  blue- 
green.  Adhesive  {Registration).     5  cents,  blue-green. 

Ceylon. — The  Four  Cents  has  again  received  the  surcharge  of 
"  2  Cents,"  but  in  a  different  form  from  that 
mentioned  in  our  April  number.      It  is  now 
applied    above   the    original   value,    which   is 
barred. 

Adhesive.  2  c.  on  4  c,  lilac-rose  ;  surch.  in  black  ; 
new  type. 

We  see  that  in  our  number  for  August  last 
there  is  a  clerical  error  in  mentioning  a  post 
card  of  "5  cents."     It  should  have  been  "6  cents." 

Chili. — The  Timbre-Poste  has  the  current  post  card  of  1  centavo 
stamped  by  error  in  carmine  instead  of  green. 

Post  Card.     1  centavo,  carmine  on  green  {error). 


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Colombia. 


C  nnjirun^i 


The  perforation  of  the  Eegistration  Label  de- 
scribed in  June  last  is  13£. 
We  give  an  engraving  of 
the  second  edition  of  the 
20  centavos,  with  the  cor- 
rected inscription  as  men- 
tioned in  our  last. 


Adhesive.  20  centavos,  violet ; 
■D     perf.  13 J ;  corrected  inscription. 


\AS\J\J\J  WlS\-l~if\J-u-W\J 


Curacao. — Above  is  an  engraving  of  the  1  cent  described  in 
our  last. 

Danish  Locals. — Horsens. — There  is  a  plentiful  supply  of 
surcharges  from  this  local  post.  They  have  been  applied  to  the 
stamps  of  5  and  10  ore  of  1886  and  1887  of  the  type  of  a 
numeral  within  an  upright  oval  band,  inscribed  "  horsens  telefon 
og  bypost."  The  stamps  of  5  ore  of  1886  were  printed  in  sheets 
of  25,  and  those  of  10  ore  in  sheets  of  50.  These  have  been  sur- 
charged with  "  1 "  in  five  varieties.  The  stamps  of  1887  differed 
from  those  of  1886,  in  that  the  line  encircling  the  inner  oval  was 
at  a  greater  distance  than  in  the  former  issue.  The  stamps  of 
5  and  10  ore  of  this  latter  issue  were  both  in  sheets  of  25,  and 
have  been  surcharged  with  "  2  "  in  three  varieties — six  stamps 
with  a  large  "  2,"  with  horizontal  tail ;  fourteen  with  a  similar 
sized  numeral,  with  curly  tail ;  and  three  (1)  with  a  smaller  sized 
numeral,  with  curly  tail,  making  25,  according  to  the  Timbre-Poste, 
from  which  we  borrow  the  above. 

Adhesives.     1  on    5  ore  (1886),  surcharged  in  black  ;  5  varieties. 

1  on  10    „         ,,  ,,             ,,                 ,, 

2  on    5    „    (1887)  ,,             ,,            3  varieties. 
2  on  10    „ 


Germany. — We  annex  engravings  of   the  two   types  of   the 
new  German  issue.     The  stamps  of  3  and  5  pfennig  bear  a  close 

resemblance    to    the    Belgian 

type  of   those  of    5   c,    and 

under,     barring    the     Lions. 

The  other  values  of   10,  20, 

25,  and  50  pfennig  are  all  of 

the  same  type.  The  impression 

is  on  plain  white  wove  paper, 

and  the  perforation  14.     The 
following  is  the  list  of  the  values  and  colours. 

Adhesives.     3  pfennig,  brown. 


5 
10 
20 

,        green. 

,        rose. 

,        ultramarine -blue. 

25 
50 

,        orange. 
,        red-brown. 

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A  collection  of   stationery  is  also  prepared  bearing  stamps 
the  new  type  in  accordance  with  their  respective  values. 

Wrapper.       3  pfennig,  brown. 
Envelope.     10        ,,        rose  on  white,  147  x  84  mm. 
Post  Cards.       5        ,,        green  on  buff. 
10        ,,        rose  on  buff. 
Reply  Cards.     10  +  10  pfennig,  rose  on  buff. 

The  post  card  of  10 
pfennig,  with  its  corres- 
ponding reply,  is  furnished 
with  a  border  in  addition. 

For  the  offices  in  the 
Levant  the  stamps  have 
been  surcharged  in  black  as 
follows  : 

black. 


of 


Adhesives. 

10    para    on    5 

pfennig, 

green,  surcharged 

20          ,,         10 

5  J 

rose                        , 

1  piastre  on  20 

J> 

ultramarine           , 

1?      '„         25 

)  » 

orange                   , 

H        „         50 

»J 

red-brown             , 

Gibraltar. — We  have  received  some  of  the  definitive  issue 
identical  with  the  issue  in  pence,  save  in  the  values.  At  present 
we  have  only  seen  the  adhesive  of  10  centimos,  the  post  card 
of  5  centimos,  and  a  registration  envelope,  size  F,  bearing,  like 
the  former  issue,  the  imprint  of  "  Thos.  De  La  Eue  &  Co." 

Adhesive.     10  centimos,  carmine  ;  wmk.  gjj?  CA,  perf.  14. 
Post  Card.       5  „         green  on  buff. 

Registration  Envelope.     20         ,,         vermilion  ;  size  F. 

We  find  two  types  of  the  surcharge  of  20  centimos  on  the 
former  envelopes  of  size  G,  and  probably  the  same  exist  on  some 
of  the  other  sizes.  The  ordinary  one  has  "centimos"  in  block 
type  of  about  2£  mm.,  and  the  line  of  numerals  above  measures 
7  J  mm.  In  the  other  variety  the  type  of  "  centimos  "  is  nearly 
a  millimetre  taller  but  closer,  while  the  numerals  are  flattened 
and  the  line  measures  10  mm. 

Registration  Envelope.     20  centimos  surcharged  in  black  on  2  pence,  ver- 
milion, size  G  ;  two  varieties. 

Great  Britain. — We  do  not  appear  to  have  chronicled  the 
One  Shilling  of  the  current  series  overprinted  in  black  with 
i.r. — OFFICIAL. 

Official.     1  shilling,  green  (1887),  overprint  in  black. 

The  telegraph  form  "Al,"  with  the  stamp  of  Six  Pence  em- 
bossed upon  it,  has  been  issued  in  conformity  with  form  "A." 
The  dies,  however,  are  new,  the  colour  of  the  impression  altered 
from  lilac  to  violet,  and  the  printers  are  changed,  now  being 
"  McCorquodale  and  Co.,  Limited,"  in  place  of  "  Harrison  and 
Sons."  The  form  is  8T7F  x  5-^  inches  (214x141  mm.),  being 
a  trifle  smaller  than  the  previous  one.  The  paper  is  white  wove. 
Telegraph  Form.     6  pence,  violet ;  new  die. 


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Greece. — The   issue   of   the   5   lepta,    printed   at  Athens,   is 
announced  as  having  taken  place. 

Adhesive.     5  lepta,  green. 

Guanacaste. — Some  of  the  values  of  the 
new  series  for  Costa  Eica  have  made  their 
appearance  overprinted  in  black  for  Guana- 
caste.  All  are  said  to  have  been  so  treated, 
but  at  present  only  two  values  have  come 
to  hand.  The  surcharge  is  20  mm.  long  in 
capitals  of  2  mm. 

Adhesives.     1  centavo,  brown,  surcharged  in  black 
2  centavos,  grey-green  ,, 


perf.  15. 


Guatemala. — The  Timbre- Poste  of  this  month  makes  the 
^wwvr-ww^  interesting  announcement  of  having  received 
the  10  centavos,  red,  of  the  issue  of  1886, 
overprinted  in  black  with  "1889 — oficial" 
in  two  lines.  Doubtless  the  other  values  of 
the  series  have  been  similarly  treated,  and  we 
may  anticipate  a  crop  for  1890. 

10  centavos,  red  ;  overprinted 


llStfniJ 


Adhesive  Official. 
in  black. 


Hawaiian  Islands.— The  III.  B.  Journal 

announces  tbe  issue  of  the  envelope  of  1  cent  on  white  wove 
glazed  paper  and  measuring  150  x  85  mm. 

Envelope.     1  cent,  green  ;  new  size. 

Holkar. — The  same  journal  also  announces  a  round  stamp, 
with  the  value  in  words  in  the  centre  within  a  circular  band 
bearing  inscriptions.  These  are  said,  being  interpreted,  to  mean 
"State  of  Holkar"  at  the  top,  "Postal  Department"  at  the 
bottom,  and  "Half  Anna"  in  the  middle.  The  stamp  is  not 
gummed.       •  i  anna?  black  on  pink> 

Jamaica. — We  have  received  from  a  corres- 
pondent the  Two  Pence  of  the  new  type,  but 
the  tablet  of  value  is  of  the  same  colour  as  the 
rest  of  the  stamp. 

Adhesive.     2  pence,  green  ;  wmk.  @  CA  ;  perf.  14. 

Kashmir. — In  native  printed  stamps  there    ja 
are  always  very  variable  elements,  and  now  we    ^ 
are  told  by  the  Timor e-Poste  that  the  paper  of 
the  2  annas  is  no  longer  greenish-yellow,  but  yellow,  the  substance 
being  the  same,  and  that  the  4  annas  is  printed  in  olive-green  on 
thin  white  glazed  paper. 

2  annas,  red,  on  yellow  pelure  paper. 

4      „       olive-green,  on  thin  glazed  white. 


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Madagascar. — The  receipt  from  a  correspondent  of  a  specimen 
of  the  surcharge  of  "  25  "  on  the  French  Colonial  stamp  of  40  c. 
employed  at  Tamatave,  as  described  in  our  June  number,  reminds 
us  that  we  have  not  chronicled  the  10  c,  black  on  violet,  sur- 
charged with  "  .05  "  in  black,  emanating  from  the  same  place. 
Adhesive.     .05  on  10  c,  black  on  violet,  surcharged  in  black. 

Mexico. — Two  envelopes  come  to  hand,  size  157  x  91  mm., 
with  flap  at  the  end,  and  with  "Waterlow  Eros,  and  Layton" 
embossed  underneath.  On  the  face,  in  the  left  upper  corner,  is 
the  Mexican  eagle,  with  servicio  postal  mexicana  on  a  scroll 
below,  all  in  red,  and  in  the  corresponding  right  corner  the  stamp 
of  the  current  type.     The  paper  is  plain  white  wove. 

Envelopes.     5  centavos,  blue. 

10         „         vermilion-red. 

We  were  somewhat  in  a  fog  at  first  to  account  for  the  in- 
scription on  the  stamp  being  servicio  postal  mexicano,  and  that 
below  the  eagle  servicio  postal  mexicana;  but  we  see  signs 
that  the  eagle  and  inscription  were  printed  before  the  envelope 
was  made  up,  and  the  stamp  affixed  after  it  was  made  up.  The 
grammatical  puzzle,  therefore,  lies  at  the  door  of  Messrs.  Waterlow 
Bros,  and  Layton. 

The  Timbre-Poste  has  received  from  a  correspondent  the  smaller 
values  of  the  stamps  of  1864,  which  are  reprints.  There  appears 
to  be  but  very  slight  difference  in  the  paper,  but  the  colours  are 
not  quite  the  same.  In  the  1  and  2  reales  the  colours  are  brighter 
than  those  of  the  originals,  while  the  reprint  of  the  4  reales  is  in 
pale  brown  instead  of  dark  yellowish-brown.  The  American 
Bank  Xote  Company  did  not  affix  its  imprint  to  the  sheets  of 
the  original  stamps,  but  it  appears  on  these  reprints.  We  fear 
that  there  is  little  hope  of  establishing  a  difference  in  the  1  peso, 
which  is  black. 

A  correspondent  sends  us  a  specimen  of  the  10  centavos,  red, 
on  plain  white  paper,  as  described  in  our  number  for  December, 
1887,  surcharged  in  black,  with  a  large  numeral  of  "  3,"  16  J  mm. 
high.  Postmarked  "Mexico,  Oct.  1888."  We  should  be  glad  of 
any  testimonials  regarding  this  candidate. 

Queensland. — Of  the  type  of  the  2  pence,  &c,  of  1882  a  stamp 
of  Two  Shillings  has  been  issued  on  paper 
watermarked  "  W  and  Q,"  perforated  12. 

Adhesive.     2  shillings,  light  yellow-brown. 

Rajpeepla. — We  have  omitted  to 
describe  the  new  type  of  the  Eajpeepla 
stamp  which  came  to  hand  a  few  months 
since,  and  which  is  shown  in  the  an- 
nexed engraving.  The  inscriptions  are 
similar  to  those  on  the  former  type. 
The   impression   is   on  white   paper,   and 


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there  are   32  stamps  to  the  sheet,  in  four  rows  of  eight,   each 
varying  in  some  slight  details.     The  perforation  is  11£. 
Adhesive.     1  anna,  orange-red. 


blue, 
green. 


Russian  Locals. — The  following  alterations  in  existing  types 
and  some  new  types  have  been  announced  by  the  Timbre-Poste. 

Arzamass.- — The    current    stamps   have    the    numerals   in   the 
angles  somewhat  larger  than  before.     There  are  five  varieties. 
Adhesive.     5  kopecks,  bright  violet. 


Bielozersk. — A  stamp  of  a  new  design  was 
issued  on  the  1st  October  last,  and  in  colours 
to  suit  every  taste.  We  do  not  recollect  an 
instance  of  a  stamp  ever  making  its  first 
appearance  in  such  a  galaxy  of  colours.  It 
is  lithographed  on  wove  paper,  white  and 
coloured,  and  is  to  be  had  both  imperforate 
and  perforated  12^. 

Adhesives.     2  kopecks,  black  on  pink. 

2  „  „        sea-green. 

2  „  sea-green  on  white. 

2  „  orange  „ 

2  „  yellow  „ 

2  „  red  „ 

2  „  blue  „ 

2  „  violet  „ 

Bogorodsk. — M.  de  Ferrary  has  seen  the  stamp  of  1871  printed 
in  red  as  an  unpaid  letter  stamp. 

Unpaid  Letter  Stamp.     5  kopecks  (1871),  red. 

CharJcoff. — There  has  been  an  interchange  of  colours  in  this 
stamp.  What  was  bronze  in  1888  is  ultramarine-blue  now,  and 
vice  versa. 

Adhesive.     5  kopecks,  bronze  and  blue  on  white  glazed  paper. 

Gadiatsch. — Since  the  17th  July  last  the  3  kopecks  comes  in 

two  new  types.    Illustrations 

of   them  are   annexed,    and 

will  therefore  dispense  with 

the  necessity  of  giving  any 

detailed  description;  but  lest 

our  readers  should  be  in  any 

difficulty  as  to  what  is  dis- 
played on  the  shield  we  may 

add  that   it  is   intended   to 
represent   St.   George  killing  the  dragon.     Lithographed  in   two 
colours  on  plain  white  wove  paper,  and  imperforate. 

Adhesives.     3  kopecks,  blue  and  pink  on  plain  ground,  lined  border. 
3         „  „  „  diapered  ground. 

131** 


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Griasowetz. — The  stamp  of  4  kopecks,  depicted  in  our  number 
for  May  last,  and  there  erroneously  chronicled  as  2  kopecks,  has 
now  been  printed  in  several  new  colours,  so  that  since  the  com- 
mencement of  the  year  it  has  appeared  in  uo  fewer  than  eight 
colours;  and  as  there  are  four  varieties  of  the  type  which  also 
present  themselves  in  two  of  the  colours — blue-grey  and  violet, 
en  tete  beche — the  collector  will  have  a  goodly  array.  The  im- 
pression is  on  plain  white  paper,  and  the  stamps  are  not  perforated. 
The  complete  list  is  as  follows  : 

Adhesives.     4  kopecks,  black  (February,  1889). 


ssue). 


4 

55 

blue            ,, 

4 

55 

red- brown  ,, 

4 

33 

blue-grey  (new  i 

4 

55 

violet                 „ 

4 

33 

black                 „ 

4 

33 

green                 „ 

4 

33 

yellow               „ 

4 

33 

red                    „ 

Louga. — The  stamp  of  1886 — numeral  on  a  diapered  ground  — 
now  arrives  on  white  bdtonne  paper. 

Adhesive..    3  kopecks,  red  on  white  hdtonne  paper. 

'£  Novgorod. — A   stamp    of    a  new   design,   as 

?  shown  in  the  annexed  engraving,  appeared  on 

5  the  1st  September  last.     The  arms  are  in  green, 

s  red,  and  black,  on  an  escutcheon  surmounted  by 

k  a  Crown,  all  within  an  upright  rectangle,  with 

r  the  numerals  of  value  in  the  angles.     The  im- 

b  pression  is  on  plain  white  wove  paper,  and  the 

1  2,        >-mi  Perf°rati011  is  12. 

Crvru-LTUTJxnj-v  ru-u     Adhesive.    5  kopecks,  blue,  green,  red,  gold,  and  black. 


-A  slight  modification  has  taken  place  in  the 
envelope  stamp  as  depicted  in  our  number  for  July  last.  The 
portion  of  the  scroll  to  the  right  no  longer  exists.  The  size  of  the 
envelope  remains  unchanged. 

Envelope.     2  kopecks,  red  on  white  laid  (modified  type). 

Spask  (Riazan). — The  unpaid  letter  stamp  of  1883  is  now  on 
bright  pink  glazed  paper. 

Unpaid  Letter  Stamp.     3  kopecks,  black  on  bright  pink. 

Tichvin. — On  the  13th  August  last  a  stamp,  represented  in  the 
annexed  engraving,  made  its  appearance,  with 
the  Arms  on  a  small  shield  in  blue,  rose-red, 
silver,  and  gold.  On  a  tablet  above  are  inscrip- 
tions similar  to  those  which  are  found  on 
most  of  its  predecessors,  and  below  is  kop., 
with  the  numeral  on  each  side  in  small  circles. 
The  impression  is  on  plain  white  paper,  and 
the  perforation  is  10. 
Adhesive.     3  kop. ,  black,  blue,  red,  silver,  and  gold. 


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Tver. — A  stamp  of  a  new  design,  evidently  borrowed  from  that 
of  the  new  issue  for  Kussia,  has  been  issued.  The 
impression  is  on  plain  white  wove  paper,  and  the 
perforation  is  13. 

Adhesive.     2  kop.,  brown  and  reddish-chocolate. 

Welsh.— The    stamp    of    1888 
has  been  made  larger  than  before. 
It  is  lithographed  on  plain  white 
paper,  and  the  perforation  is  11  J. 
Adhesive.     3  kopecks,  pale  blue. 

Werchotour. — This  is  an  entirely  new  candidate 
for  philatelic  honours,  and  appears  to  have  been 
blessed  with  a  stamp  since  the 
1st  January  last.      The  design 
is  shown  in  the  annexed  engraving,  and  is  not 
of   such  a  very  elaborate  nature  as  to  require 
description.     It  is  lithographed  on  plain  white 
paper,  and  perforated  11^. 


Adhesive.     2  kopecks,  pale  chocolate. 


Zienkoio. — A 


the 


contemporary    announces 
issue  of  the  stamp   of  the  end  of  1889  (we  presume  the  stamp 
of  1888  is  meant)  as  coming  to  hand  in  lilac-red. 
Adhesive.     3  kopecks,  lilac-red. 

The  Timbre-Poste  states  that  the  stamp  now  comes  in  blue-green, 
with  the  numeral  round-headed,  and  the  stamp  has  been  re-drawn. 
The  inscriptions  on  the  top  and  bottom  are  larger,  but  the  numeral 
IS  smaller.  Adhesive.     3  kopecks,  blue-green. 

Salvador. — Telegraphs. — A  correspondent  calls  our  attention 
to  the  omission  of  two  values  of  the  1883  type,  of  which  only 
one,  the  1  real,  is  noted  in  page  48  of  our  Catalogue.  So  far  as 
he  recollects,  all  the  values  in  this  issue  are  met  with,  both  with 
and  without  the  overprint  of  "  contra  sello." 


Adhesives. 


2  reales,  carmine;  perforated  12. 
4      ,,      violet. 


Shanghai. — Der  Philatelist  announces  the  issue  of  60  cash  on 
watermarked  paper,  perforated  15;  and  the  Timbre-Poste,  80  cash 
in  green,  and  100  cash  in  dull  blue,  also  on  watermarked  paper; 
perforated  13. 

Adhesives.     60  cash,  carmine  ;  watermarked  ;  perf.  15. 
green  „  ,,     13. 


80 
100 


dull  blue 


13. 


South  Australia. — We  have  the  reply  post  card  of  One 
Penny,  rose  on  buff,  overprinted  with  "o.s."  in  large  block  letters 
of  5  mm.  This  is  neither  a  novelty  nor  a  resuscitation,  and  its 
existence  has  been  known  for   two   years;   but   it   is   the   first 


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NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 


specimen  on  which  we  have  set  our  eyes.  As  the  card  itself  dates 
from  1883,  it  is  not  improbable  but  that  the  official  use  of  it  dates 
from  about  that  time,  though  it  was  not  known  to  philatelists 
before  1887. 

Official  Post  Card.     1  +  1  penny,  rose  on  buff ;  surcharged  in  black. 

Spain. — We  have  now  received  the  full  series  of  these  stamps, 
and  the  following  appear  to  be  the  values  and  colours : 

Adhesives.     2  centimos,  blue-green. 


5 
10 
15 
20 
25 
30 
40 
50 
75 


ultramarine. 

yellow-brown. 

dark  Vandyck-brown. 

yellow-green. 

slate-blue. 

dark  olive-green. 

chocolate-brown. 

lake. 

orange-red. 


1  peseta,  dark  purple. 
4  pesetas,  carmine. 
10       ,,        vermilion-red. 

Sweden. — The  stamps  of  12  and  24  ore,  both  ordinary  and 
official,  and  the  envelopes  of  12  ore,  having  become  almost  useless 
stock,  the  postal  authorities  issued  a  notice  to  the  public,  dated 
30th  September  last,  announcing  that  the  remaining  stock  had 
been  surcharged  with  10  ore  in  the  manner  shown  in  the  annexed 


u~>j~.j-iJ-\_rur 


TIO  ORE 


engravings.  The  ordinary  stamps  of  12  and  24  ore  are  surcharged 
in  dark  blue  over  the  circular  centre  with  a  pattern  in  which  is 
introduced  the  three  Crowns,  and  the  value  tio  ore  is  applied  over 
sverige,  the  numerals  of  value  being  introduced  into  the  upper 
angles.  The  official  stamps  of  the  same  values  have  a  scroll  tablet 
with  the  words  tio  ore  separated  by  the  numerals  of  value  over 
the  original  value,  a  Crown  over  the  original  numerals  in  the  two 
side  ovals,  and  tjenste  frimarke  in  small  capitals  under  sverige. 
The  envelope  of  12  ore  is  reduced  to  10  ore  by  printing  "10" 
over  the  three  Crowns  in  the  centre,  with  a  solid  coloured  tablet 
below  inscribed  kongl. — postverket  in  two  lines  of  uncoloured 
letters,  under  which  is  tio  ore.  These,  with  the  ordinary  post 
cards  of  6  and  6  +  6  ore,  and  the  official  post  cards  of  6  ore,  lilac, 
and  6  ore,  brown,  which  received  the  ornamental  surcharge  re- 
ducing the  stamp  to  5  ore  some  long  time  since,  form  a  lovely 
group,  displaying  not  only  the  inventive  mind  of  the  Swedish 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS.  209 

officials,  but  the  spirit  of  economy  which  prevails  in  the  adminis- 
tration. 

Adhesives.     10  ore  on  12  ore,  blue  ;  surcharge  in  dark  blue. 
10      „      24    „    yellow 
Official  Stamps.     10      ,,      12    ,,    blue  ,, 

10      „      24    ,,    yellow  „ 

Envelope.     10      ,,      12    ,,    ultramarine  ,, 

Two  letter  cards  have  been  issued  with  the  arms  in  a  shield 
surmounted  by  a  crown  in  the  left  upper  corner  of  the  face, 
and  in  the  right  upper  corner  a  stamp  the  design  of  which  is  a 
a  numeral  in  the  centre  of  a  pearled  circle,  with  "  sverige  "  above 
and  the  value  in  full  underneath.  Between  the  arms  and  the 
stamp  is  kortbref,  with  four  lines  for  the  address.  At  the  top, 
above  the  perforation,  are  instructions  in  Swedish. 

Letter  Cards.     5  ore,  green  on  azure. 
10    „    carmine     „ 

Swazieland. — While  Zululand  has  obtained  stamps  from  Eng- 
land for  its  postal  purposes,  Swazieland  has,  it  appears,  applied  to 
its  neighbours  of  the  South  African  Eepublic  for  a  supply.  The 
Postmaster- General  at  Pretoria  has  therefore  reprinted  the  following 
values  of  the  Transvaal  stamps,  and  has  overprinted  them  in 
black  with  "  Swazieland "  in  small  characters,  the  overprint 
measuring  12  mm. 

Adhesives.     |  penny,  pearl-grey. 

1  ,,       pink. 

2  pence,  bistre. 
6      ,,       blue. 

1  shilling,  green. 

Switzerland. — The  40  centimes  has  been  issued  with  the 
new  perforation. 

Adhesive.     40  centimes,  grey  ;  perforated  9J. 

Telegraphs. —  United  States. — A  correspondent  at  Chicago  has 
been  so  good  as  to  send  us  the  following  notice  of  a  series  of 
telegraph  stamps  issued  by  the  "Baltimore  and  Ohio  Company" 
subsequently  to  those  chronicled  on  page  51  of  the  Catalogue  of 
Telegraph  Stamps,  and  which  should  follow  on  after  the  series 
lithographed  by  A.  Hoen  and  Co.  : 

1887.  Similar  to  the  last,  and  similarly  overprinted.  Litho- 
graphed by  Forbes  and  Co.,  Boston. 

1  (cent),  yellow-green.  ;  10  (cents),  dark  brown. 

5  (cents),  blue.  I  25  (cents),  orange. 

See  also  Great  Britain  and  Salvador. 

TobagO. — We  have  received  the  Six  Pence,  brown-orange, 
watermark  <B  CA,  surcharged  in  black  with  "  \  penny  "  in  Eoman 
capitals. 

Adhesive.     \  penny  on  6d. ,  brown-orange  ;  surcharge  in  black. 


210  THE    OFFICIALLY-SEALED    LABEL    OF    CANADA. 


THE  OFFICIALLY-SEALED  LABEL  OF  CANADA, 

By  MAJOR  E.    B.   EVANS,   B.A. 


With  reference  to  Avhat  is  said  about  the  Canadian  officially-sealed  label 
in  the  London  Society's  new  book,  I  am  glad  to  be  able  to  throw  some 
light  upon  the  question  as  to  the  manner  of  its  employment. 

When  I  was  in  Canada  last  July  I  made  special  enquiries  about  these 
labels,  as  there  appeared  to  be  some  mystery  about  their  use.  Everyone 
agreed  that  they  were  not  placed  upon  all  letters  opened  at  the  Dead 
Letter  Office  and  returned  to  their  senders,  and  no  two  persons  seemed 
to  have  quite  the  same  theory  as  to  the  rules  for  their  employment  or 
non-employment  in  any  particular  case.  Even  gentlemen  connected  with 
the  Post-office  at  Halifax,  such  as  Mr.  King  and  others,  could  give  me 
no  definite  information.  I  therefore  determined  to  see  what  I  could  do 
at  the  head-quarters  at  Ottawa. 

Fortunately  I  was  able,  through  a  collector  in  an  official  position,  to 
obtain  an  introduction  to  the  Deputy  Postmaster-General,  who  most  kindly 
gave  me  the  following  particulars,  which  show  that  the  employment  of  the 
officially-sealed  labels  is  very  restricted,  thus  accounting  for  their  rarity  : 

Letters  in  Canada,  as  in  the  United  States,  very  frequently  have  on  the 
outside  the  well-known  notice  containing  the  address  of  the  sender,  and 
a  request  that  the  letter  may  be  returned  if  not  delivered  within  a  certain 
time.  These  of  course  are  not  opened  at  the  Dead  Letter  Office,  and  in 
fact,  I  think,  are  ordered  not  to  be  sent  there,  but  are  returned  direct  from 
the  office  to  which  they  were  originally  addressed  or  from  the  head  office 
of  the  district.  On  the  other  hand,  those  that  have  no  indication  of  the 
address  of  the  sender  on  the  outside  are  sent  to  the  Dead  Letter  Office, 
and  there  necessarily  opened ;  but  neither  of  these  classes  thus  properly 
dealt  with  is  considered  to  require  the  officially -sealed  label.  It  is  only 
if  one  of  the  former  class,  having  the  sender's  name  and  address  on  the 
outside,  is  sent  to  the  Dead  Office  and  there  opened  in  error  that  the 
officially-sealed  label  is  applied,  to  show  that  such  letter  has  been  opened 
officially,  and  not  by  any  unauthorised  person.  Whether  these  pieces  of 
gummed  paper  ever  had  a  more  extended  use  or  not  I  cannot  say,  but  I 
was  assured  that  the  above  was  the  substance  of  the  regulations  as  to  their 
employment. 

The  Deputy  Postmaster-General  further  stated  that  there  had  been  so 
many  requests  for  specimens  of  these  labels  that  the  Department  had  been 
obliged  to  make  it  a  rule  to  turn  a  deaf  ear  to  all  of  them. 

In  any  case  they  are  not  postage  stamps,  properly  speaking,  at  all. 
They  indicate  neither  postage  paid  nor  postage  due,  but  simply  that  the 
letters  to  which  they  are  attached  have  been  opened  by  proper  authority, 
and  they  at  the  same  time  afford  a  means  tor  reclosing  them. 

49,  Mount  Pleasant,  Norwich,  November,  1889. 


STAMPS    OF    THE    BRITISH    COLONIES    OF    NORTH    AMERICA.         211 


THE  STAMPS  OF  THE  BRITISH  COLONIES  OF 
NORTH  AMERICA, 


We  have  received  the  following  interesting  communication  from  Dr.  E. 
Diena,  dated  Modena,  October  15th  : 

To  the  Editor  of  the  "Philatelic  Record." 

Allow  me  to  point  out  to  you  an  important  article  published  in  No.  xi. 
(vol.  i.)  of  The  American  Stamp  Mercury,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  in  September, 
1868,  which  contains  some  information  on  the  stamps  of  Newfoundland, 
which  it  is  to  be  regretted  have  not  been  noticed  in  the  magnificent  work 
that  the  Philatelic  Society  of  London  have  just  published.  The  date  of 
issue  of  the  first  stamps  is  1st  January,  1857,  while  the  volume  gives  only 
the  year. 

The  number  of  stamps  to  the  sheet,  which  has  not  been  given— as  you 
remarked  in  your  number  for  September — is  shown  by  the  following  article. 
It  will  be  noticed  that  the  sheets  of  the  stamps  of  4d.  and  6d.  were  com- 
posed of  80  stamps,  instead  of  40,  as  you  have  stated.* 

"ON  THE  NEWFOUNDLAND  STAMPS. 

"We  have  been  kindly  favoured  by  Mr.  James  M.  Chute,  of  Boston, 
with  some  notes  on  these  stamps  ;  and  as  we  do  not  believe  they  have  ever 
been  published,  we  here  give  them  for  the  benefit  of  our  readers. 

"  In  1856  the  Provincial  Government  authorized  Mr.  W.  L.  Solomon,  the 
then  Postmaster-General,  to  have  a  series  of  postage  stamps  prepared.  The 
contract  for  their  manufacture  was  awarded  by  Mr.  Solomon  to  Mr.  L. 
Stanford,  London,  who  prepared  nine  values  ;  viz.,  Id.  and  5d.,  square  ;  2d., 
4d.,  6d.,  6id.,  8d.,  and  Is.,  rectangular;  and  3d.,  triangular.  Proofs  of  all 
the  values  were  struck  from  the  original  or  mother  die  in  black,  on  fine 
India  paper,  and  sent  to  the  authorities  for  their  inspection  and  approval. 

"  They  were  accepted,  and  plates  were  impressed  as  follows  : 

Id.  plate  contained  120  impressions  in  a  deep  lake  colour. 


2d. 

120 

55 

orange  and  vermilion. 

3d. 

80 

55 

green. 

4d. 

80 

5) 

orange  and  vermilion. 

5d. 

40 

jj 

red-brown  and  lake. 

6d. 

40 

55 

orange  and  vermilion. 

6|d. 

20 

55 

vermilion. 

8d. 

20 

55 

55 

Is. 

20 

55 

55 

"  None  are  watermarked  or  perforated,  and  the  colours  change  to  a  red- 
brown  tint  when  exposed  to  the  action  of  the  air. 

x"  There  is  a  trifling  error  here.  According  to  Mr.  Chute  the  plate  of  6d.  was  composed 
of  40  stamps.  "We  said  that  the  plates  of  both  the  4d.  and  the  6d.  were  composed  of 
20  stamps.  It  has  been  suggested  that  possibly  two  impressions  of  the  plate  were 
made  on  the  sheets  of  6d.,  and  we  suppose  four  on  the  sheets  of  4d.,  and  that  Mr.  Chute 
may  have  made  a  mistake  between  plates  and  sheets.  This  is  scarcely  possible,  for  it 
would  be  difficult  in  printing  by  the  copper-plate  process  to  take  two  impressions  on  the 
same  sheet,  and  it  would  be  far  easier  and  more  expeditious  to  take  the  impressions 
separately. 


212         STAMPS    OF    THE    BRITISH    COLONIES    OF    NORTH    AMERICA. 

"  The  first  order  consisted  of  171,000  stamps,  which  was  shipped  to  the 
colony,  and  issued  to  the  public  January  1st,  1557.  The  total  cost  of  the 
plates,  printing,  &c,  amounted  to  <£39S  Ss.  9d.,  which  was  paid  by  the 
colony. 

"  This  lot  having  been  exhausted,  excepting  the  8d.  stamps,  another  order 
of  222,3S0  stamps  was  struck  off  in  September,  1862,  and  issued  January, 
1st,  1S63,  the  colours  of  the  2d.,  4d.,  6d.,  6Jd.,  and  Is.  being  changed  from 
scarlet  to  lake. 

"In  1865  the  Hon.  John  Delaney,  Postmaster-General,  ordered  a  new 
series  of  stamps  to  be  emitted,  with  the  value  in  cents,  owing  to  a  change  in 
the  currency.  They  were  engraved  by  the  American  Bank  Note  Company, 
New  York,  and  consist  of  the  following  values  : 

2  cents,  oblong,  codfish  in  centre  ;  green. 
5      „         „       seal  in  centre ;  brown. 
10      „      rectangular,  Prince  of  Wales  in  centre  ;  black. 

12  „  ,,  Victoria  in  centre  ;  red-brown. 

13  „      oblong,  ship  in  centre  ;  orange. 

24      „     rectangular,  Victoria  in  centre ;  deep  blue. 

"  The  cost  of  these  plates  was  8600  ;  and  for  the  printing,  gumming,  and 
perforating,  25  cents  per  sheet  of  one  hundred,  being  a  total  cost  of  S2100 
for  the  600,000  stamps  that  were  printed.  Of  this  number  200,000  had 
been  sold  up  to  May,  1578,  leaving  400.000  to  be  disposed  of,  very  likely 
before  a  new  set  will  grace  our  Newfoundland  page  of  Album. 

"We  are  obliged  to  Mr.  Chute  for  these  particulars,  and  if  any  of  our 
readers  can  give  us  any  more  information  in  regard  to  these  stamps,  of 
which  so  little  has  been  said  or  written,  we  will  be  thankful." 

The  above  article  doubtless  contains  some  important  details,  and  one 
may  also  read  the  article  on  "  The  Postage  Stamps  of  the  British  North- 
American  Colonies,"  by  J.  M.  Chute,  which  is  not  devoid  of  interest,  and 
which  was  published  in  vol.  ii.  of  the  same  magazine,  pages  37-45. 
Further,  I  willingly  associate  myself  with  the  desire  expressed  by  the  editor 
of  this  magazine  of  seeing  the  documents  published  relating  to  the  stamps 
of  these  colonies,  which  the  Philatelic  Society  have  not  yet  been  able  to 
obtain.  But  in  pointing  out  the  article  which  has  been  overlooked,  it  is 
especially  with  the  wish  of  demonstrating  once  more  the  incontestable 
utility  of  a  Philatelic  Index,  such  as  I  proposed  in  this  magazine  in 
October,  1887.  I  should  have  little  difficulty  in  offering  other  examples. 
Here  is  one  of  a  similar  kind  relative  to  the  stamps  of  Western  Australia  : 

The  editor  of  the  Philatelic  Record,  in  criticising  the  excellent  work 
on  the  stamps  of  Oceania  {Philatelic  Record  of  August,  18SS),  takes 
exception  to  the  classification  given  by  the  authors,  as  regards  the  first 
stamps  of  Western  Australia.  He  even  proposed  a  classification,  which 
appeared  to  him  to  be  more  exact ;  but  it  is  to  be  regretted  that  a  short 
article,  signed  "  Albis,"  published  in  the  Timbrophile  (fifth  year,  March,  1SS9, 
page  426),  on  these  stamps  seems  to  have  been  forgotten.  Here  is  the 
classification  drawn  up  by  M.  Albis  according  to  official  information,  and 
which  in  some  respects  agrees  with  that  proposed  by  the  editor  of  the 
Philatelic  Record : 

1854.  One  penny,  black. 

1855.  January  or  February,  6  pence,  brown  and  bronzed ;  lithographed. 
July,  2  pence,  brick-red  :  lithographed. 

,,     4  pence,  blue  ;  lithographed. 

1856.  January,  one  shilling,  brown. 


STAMPS    OF    THE    BRITISH    COLONIES    OF    NORTH    AMERICA.         213 

Allow  me  to  add  that  a  bibliographical  work,  giving  a  list  of  the  various 
monographs  and  articles  published  on  stamps,  would  not  fail  to  be  of  great 
importance,  and  would  render  signal  service  to  real  amateurs,  especially  now 
when  collectors  are  disposed  to  make  special  study  of  stamps  within  certain 
limits,  on  which  one  may  readily  understand  they  would  like  to  know  what 
has  been  written,  in  order  that  they  may  look  it  up  and  consult  it  when 
necessary. 

Mr.  P.  J.  Anderson  has  been  so  good  as  to  support  this  project  in  your 
magazine,  while  encouragement  and  promises  have  been  given  by  the  most 
distinguished  philatelists  and  by  the  Philatelic  societies.  All  this  is  very 
well,  but  no  one  yet  sets  himself  to  the  work.  Later  on,  when  Philatelic 
literature  will  be  still  richer,  the  task  of  the  bibliographers  will  be  longer 
and  still  more  difficult.  Would  it  not  be  well  then  to  set  to  the  work 
at  once? 

May  these  lines  serve  to  call  the  attention  of  philatelists  to  a  project 
which  seems  to  me  to  recommend  itself. 

Emilio  Diena. 


We  thank  Dr.  Diena  for  his  letter,  and  we  fully  agree  with  him,  that  an 
Index  to  the  various  monographs  would  be  exceedingly  useful  to  philatelists, 
but  such  a  work  could  not  be  taken  up  successfully  by  any  one  person 
without  he  devoted  all  his  time  for  some  long  period  to  the  business  of  a 
miner,  who  would  have  a  great  deal  of  dead-work  to  dig  out,  and  then  to 
extract  the  real  metal  from  the  adherent  rubbish.  So  many  are  apt  to 
write  about  philatelic  questions  in  a  loose  manner,  and  we  fear  that  the 
student  if  left  to  himself  without  a  guide  would  find  himself  somewhat 
bewildered. 

Take  only  the  above  paper  respecting  the  Newfoundland  stamps.  It  says 
that  "  proofs  of  all  the  values  were  struck  on  India  paper  from  the  original 
or  mother  die  in  black."  We  have  certainly  not  seen  a  very  large  number 
of  proofs  struck  by  Messrs.  Perkins,  Bacon  &  Co. ;  but  what  we  have  seen 
were  never  on  India  paper,  but  on  a  soft,  thick,  porous  paper.  Then  again, 
the  plate  of  the  4d.  is  said  to  consist  of  80  stamps,  and  that  of  the  6d.  of 
40  stamps.  We  have  a  sheet  of  each  of  these  values  before  us,  and  we  only 
count  twenty  on  each.  To  be  as  accurate  as  we  can,  we  have  measured  the 
sizes  of  the  plates  on  the  sheets  before  us,  which  are  all  of  hand-made  paper. 
The  5d.,  as  we  have  said,  consists  of  40  stamps,  and  measuring  the  top  hori- 
zontal row,  and  the  right  vertical  row,  the  whole  measures  186  x  117  mm. ; 
while  in  another  sheet  of  this  later  printing,  which  is  of  rather  stouter  paper, 
watermarked  stacey,  in  double-lined  capitals,  with  a  portion  of  the  date 
underneath,  the  plate  measures  187|x  118J  imn.  Taking  the  measures  of 
the  other  stamps  in  the  same  way,  which  all  consist  of  20  stamps  in  4  rows 
of  5,  we  have  the  4d.  measuring  107|  x  106  mm. ;  the  6d.,  107  x  108  mm. ;  the 
6|d.,  105f  x  110'  mm. ;  the  8d.,  106  x  107  mm. ;  and  the  Is.,  105|  x  107  mm. 
It  may  be  remarked  that  in  the  sheets  of  the  upright  rectangular  stamps 
before  us,  which  are  of  the  later  printing  in  lake  red,  and  all  on  paper  of  a 
similar  kind  and  substance,  the  6Jd.  measures  25 \  mm.  in  height,  while 
none  of  the  others  measure  more  than  25  mm. 

Again,  Mr.  Chute  gets  over  the  orange  and  vermilion  distinct  shades  by  a 
bold  jump.  The  2d.,  4d.,  and  6d.  were,  he  says,  originally  sent  over  in  both 
colours  !    The  Is.,  orange,  is  left  out.    Has  Mr.  Chute  ever  seen  a  vermilion 


214  PHILATELIC    SOCIETY    OF    LONDON. 

stamp  of  either  the  2d.,  4d.,  or  6d.  with  a  postmark  dated  previously  to 
1860/ 

Lastly,  how  comes  it  that  the  Sd.,  in  lake  red,  is  omitted  }  We  believe  it 
was  never  issued,  but  we  have  ocular  evidence  that  it  was  printed.  In  fact, 
Mr.  Chute  only  mentions  two  orders  given  to  Mr.  Stanford,  though  there 
were  certainly  intermediate  supplies  between  those  recorded  by  him. 

Coming  now  to  the  short  paper  of  Albis,  in  the  Timor  ophile,  we  plead 
guilty  of  not  remembering  it,  though  we  ought  to  have  done  so,  as  at  the 
period  it  was  published  we  were  in  almost  daily  intercourse  with  the  editor. 
It  confirms  what  we  said  in  August  of  last  year — the  Id.  was  the  Adam. 
We  have  not  the  least  doubt  but  that  the  6d.  and  Is.  were  transfers  from 
this,  so  far  as  the  swan  and  background  were  concerned,  and  borders  were 
subsequently  added.  The  2d.  and  4d.,  with  reeds  in  the  groundwork,  were 
lithographed  at  Perth,  according  to  Albis,  and  bear  so  strong  a  family 
likeness  to  each  other  that  they  may  well  be  regarded  as  twins. — Ed. 


PHILATELIC  SOCIETY  OF  LONDON, 


COMMITTEE  FOR  THE  YEAR  18S9-90. 

President— F.  A.  Philbrick,  Q.C. 

Vice-President— T.  K.  Tapling,  M.  P. 

Secretary — D.  Garth.      Assistant-Secretary — J.  A.  Tilleard. 

Treasurer  and  Librarian — C.  N.  Biggs. 

E.  D.  Bacon.  A.  W.  Chambers. 

M.  P.  Castle.  Dr.  C.  W.  Yixer. 

The  first  meeting  of  the  season  was  held  at  the  Salisbury  Hotel,  Fleet  Street, 
on  Friday,  the  11th  October,  1889,  at  7.30  p.m.,  and  was  attended  by  seven 
members  and  one  visitor,  the  chair  being  taken  by  Mr.  Bacon,  in  the  absence 
of  the  President  and  Yice-President.  The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were 
read  and  confirmed,  and  the  Secretar}7  read  the  correspondence  which  had 
taken  place  during  the  recess,  which  included  letters  from  the  Universities' 
Libraries,  acknowledging  the  receipt  of  copies  of  the  Stamps  of  Oceania  and 
of  the  Society's  recently  published  catalogue  of  the  Stamps  of  the  Xorth 
American  Colonies  ;  and  from  the  Dresden  Society  and  Dr.  Legrand,  on 
behalf  of  the  French  Society,  acknowledging  presentation  copies  of  the 
North  American  Catalogue.  A  letter  was  also  read  from  Mr.  John  Siewert, 
of  Moscow,  asking  permission  to  translate  into  German,  for  the  German 
Philatelist,  the  essay  on  the  "Connell  Stamp,"  by  Mr.  Donald  King,  which 
appeared  in  the  Society's  recent  publication  ;  and  it  was  decided  that  Mr. 
Siewert  should  be  referred  to  the  author,  the  Society  having  only  obtained 
leave  to  publish  the  essay  in  their  own  work.  A  letter  was  also  read  from 
the  Brooklyn  Society,  sending  the  first  three  of  a  proposed  series  of  photo- 
graphs of  rare  stamps,  which  were  directed  to  be  acknowledged  with  the 
thanks  of  the  Society.  The  Secretary  reported  the  receipt  of  copies  for 
presentation  to  each  member  of  the  Society  of  a  Catalogue  of  the  Exhibition 
of  Postage  Stamps  recently  held  at  New  York,  sent  by  Mr.  C.  B.  Corwen 
(a  member  of  the  Society),   to  whom  a  vote  of  thanks  was  unanimously 


PHILATELIC    SOCIETY    OF   LONDON.  215 

accorded.  The  Secretary  also  reported  the  receipt  from  Dr.  Legrand  of  two 
copies  for  the  Society's  library  of  Messrs.  Schoeller  and  Campbell's  Catalogue 
of  Post  Cards,  which  he  was  directed  to  acknowledge  with  the  Society's 
thanks.  A  letter  received  from  Mr.  Basset  Hull  was  next  read,  containing 
a  detailed  summary  of  his  work  upon  the  Stamps  of  Tasmania,  which  he 
offered  for  publication  by  the  Society.  A  discussion  followed  upon  the 
arrangements  for  the  business  of  the  season,  especially  having  regard  to  the 
time  which  could  be  devoted  to  the  reading  of  "papers"  and  "treatises," 
and  the  subject  was  eventually  adjourned  for  further  consideration  at  the 
next  meeting. 

The  second  meeting  of  the  season  was  held  at  the  Salisbury  Hotel,  Fleet 
Street,  on  Friday,  the  25th  October,  1889,  at  7.30  p.m.,  eighteen  members 
being  present,  including  the  Vice-President  in  the  chair.  The  minutes  of 
the  last  meeting  having  been  read  and  confirmed,  the  Secretary  read  a  letter 
from  Mr.  Phillips,  of  Birmingham,  calling  attention,  as  a  warning  to 
collectors,  to  the  fact  that  certain  persons  were  offering  for  sale  specimens  of 
the  Five  Cent  stamp  of  Newfoundland  with  the  colour  changed  to  black. 
Mr.  F.  J.  Lilly,  proposed  by  the  Secretary  and  seconded  by  Mr.  Bacon  ;  Mr. 
Alfred  A.  Lyall,  proposed  by  the  Assistant-Secretary  and  seconded  by  the 
Secretary ;  and  Mr.  Henry  G.  Benson,  jun.,  proposed  by  Mr.  A.  H.  Wilson 
and  seconded  by  the  Secretary,  were  duly  elected  members  of  the  Society. 
With  the  consent  of  the  meeting,  the  presentation  of  the  Report  of  the 
Committee  as  to  the  arrangements  for  the  Celebration  of  the  Fiftieth  Anni- 
versary of  the  Introduction  of  Postage  Stamps  was  postponed,  pending  the 
completion  of  the  correspondence  with  the  postal  authorities  on  the  subject. 
The  Vice-President  read  a  paper  on  a  variety  of  the  20  paras  (Turkish)  stamp 
of  the  issue  of  December,  1863.  In  the  printing  of  the  stamp  in  question 
the  whole  of  the  design  and  inscription  is  reversed,  and  the  variety  does  not 
appear  to  have  been  before  chronicled.  On  the  motion  of  the  Assistant- 
Secretary,  seconded  by  the  Secretary,  a  cordial  vote  of  thanks  was  accorded 
to  the  Vice-President  for  his  very  interesting  contribution,  and  his  consent 
was  obtained  to  the  publication  of  the  paper  in  the  Philatelic  Record*  A 
lengthy  discussion  ensued  on  the  adjourned  consideration  of  the  arrangements 
for  the  business  of  the  season,  eliciting  a  general  expression  of  opinion  that 
more  time  should  be  devoted  to  the  revision  of  the  Society's  Reference  Lists 
in  the  future.  On  the  motion  of  Mr.  Kleinwort,  seconded  by  Mr.  A.  W. 
Chambers  (moved  as  an  amendment  to  a  motion  on  the  same  subject  by  Mr. 
Biggs,  seconded  by  Mr.  Castle),  it  was  resolved  to  make  an  alteration  in 
Article  24  of  the  Society's  Statutes  ;  and  on  the  motion  of  Mr.  Van  Duzer, 
seconded  by  Mr.  A.  W.  Chambers,  it  was  resolved  that  an  insurance  against 
fire  should  be  effected  on  the  contents  of  the  Society's  library. 

*  The  extraordinary  length  of  our  stamp  announcements  compels  us  to  defer  the 
publication  of  this  paper  till  next  month. 


216  NOTES    AND    QUERIES. 


$ot*s  aixO  <£ttt*rfe8» 


O.  H.  N.,  Evesham. — In  reply  to  your  question  as  to  whether  the 
Victoria  stamps  marked  "Stamp  Duty"  were  originally  made  for 
postal  purposes,  you  will  rind  that  after  January  1st,  1884,  the  distinc- 
tion between  Postage  Stamps  and  Duty  Stamps  was  abolished,  and 
"  Stamp  Duty"  and  "  Stamp  Statute"  stamps  were  admitted  to  be  used  for 
postal  purposes.  There  are  now  no  longer  any  postage  stamps,  properly 
so  called,  in  Victoria  ;  all  are  "  Stamp  Duty  "  stamps.  In  England  all 
the  postage  stamps  represent  Stamp  Duties,  and  probably  will  do  so 
so  long  as  the  Post  Office  has  to  buy  its  stamps  from  the  Stamp 
Department  of  Somerset  House.  Victoria,  it  would  seem,  desires  to 
call  them  by  their  right  name. 

Ax  Antique  Local. — We  have  received  the  following  from  a 
subscriber  : 

"  Deae  Sie, — Can  any  of  your  readers  give  me  some  additional  informa- 
tion regarding  a  philatelic  curiosity  I  acquired  some  years  ago  in  Sydney  ? 
A  friend  had  amongst  some  antique  curios  a  copy  of  The  Edinburgh 
Courant  newspaper  of  1792,  containing  a  report  of  the  progress  of  the 
Prussian  invasion  of  France,  undertaken  for  the  rescue  of  Louis  XVI.  This 
paper  was  impressed  with  a  stamp  said  to  be  of  a  local  postage  system, 
which  an  old  soldier  of  the  American  "War  of  Independence,  settled  in 
Edinburgh,  had  instituted  as  a  private  speculation,  for  the  conveyance  of 
the  newspapers  chronicling  the  progress  of  the  exciting  events  in  France  at 
that  time  to  the  towns  and  districts  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Edinburgh.  .  .  . 

"I  am,  &c. 

"  desceiptiox  of  stamp  eefeeeed  to. 
"  The  stamp  above  referred  to  is  about  an  inch  and  a  half  long  by  an  inch 
broad,  and  is  of  a  deep  crimson-lake  colour.  The  desigu  is  quaint,  consisting 
of  a  rose  and  thistle  growing  out  of  a  shamrock  stalk  as  the  central  design. 
Above  there  is  a  crown  surmounted  by  a  scroll,  containing  '  Halfpenny '  in 
red  letters  on  a  white  ground.  Beneath  the  central  design  is  another  scroll, 
containing  the  words  '  Semper  Eadem/  with  three  successive  scrolls  beneath 
it,  the  first  with  'Halfpenny'  in  white  letters  on  a  red  ground,  and  the 
remaining  two  with  '  Halfpenny '  in  red  letters  on  a  white  ground." 

F.  M. — Thanks  for  the  sight  of  your  envelopes.  Those  franked 
with  an  8d.  surcharged  in  black  on  9d.,  brown,  of  South  Australia,  and 
with  a  New  South  Wales  of  2  pence,  type  of  1862,  by  its  side,  bear  the 
postmarks  of  Wentworth  and  Adelaide,  and  came  to  England  via  Italy. 
By  the  dates  of  the  postmarks,  it  is  clear  that  they  were  posted  on  the 
New  South  Wales  side  of  the  Murray  river,  to  the  nearest  point  of  the 
departure  of  the  English  mail.  One  shows  that  the  New  South  Wales 
stamp  was  affixed  last ;  so  that  the  writer  affixed  both,  though  only  the 
New  South  Wales  stamp  is  cancelled  at  Wentworth,  while  the  South 
Australian  8  pence  was  cancelled  two  days  later  at  Adelaide. 

Forgeries. — The  Timbre-Poste  calls  attention  to  some  imitations  of 
the  stamps  of  the  lion  issue  of  Tuscany,  which  are  now  being  dribbled 
out.     We  will  recur  to  these  in  a  future  number. 


Stanley,  Gibbons  &  Co.,  8,  Gower  Street,  London,  W.C. 


ift^  Jtofatyftq  |^tm[iL 


Vol.  XI.  DECEMBER,   1889.  No.  132. 


CCOKDING  to  their  usual  custom  the  publishers  of 
Hie  Philatelic  Record  present  the  subscribers  with  a 
frontispiece  to  the  annual  volume.  This  year  they  are 
permitted  to  give  a  portrait  of  Herr  Philipp  von  Ferrary, 
whose  name  is  known  to  most  of  our  readers  as  a  great 
collector,  and  the  "master  of  many  legions"  of  stamps. 
Although  the  entire  collections  of  two  Presidents  of  the  Philatelic 
Society  of  London  have  passed  into  his  hands,  it  must  not  be 
supposed  that  he  has  merely  formed  his  large  collection  by  whole- 
sale purchases.  It  is  now  some  five-and-twenty  years  since  we 
first  remember  seeing  him  indefatigably  ransacking  the  shops  of 
all  the  Paris  dealers,  even  to  the  stamp  bourse,  in  hopes  of  finding 
additions  to  his  then  growing  collection,  and  this  spirit  of  earnest 
search  has  continued  ever  since  with  unflagging  perseverance.  He 
has  not  been  a  great  contributor  to  philatelic  literature,  though 
what  he  has  written  has  been  very  much  to  the  purpose ;  but  he 
has  been,  and  still  is,  an  enthusiastic  collector,  and  has  spared 
neither  pains  nor  money  to  make  his  collection  as  complete  as 
possible.  

IfmttpJjs,  J)t$tou$rb$t  nnh  XpttttMna. 

♦ 

Argentine    Republic. — The    Timbre  -  Poste 

states  that  the  last  wrapper  of  ^  centavo  has  in 
the    inscription    on    the    wrapper    the    error    of 

"  KEPUBILCA  "    for    "  REPUBLICA." 

We    annex    an    engraving    of    the    stamp    of 
3  centavos,  described  in  our  last. 

Bavaria. — The  Timbre-Poste  reports  the  post  card  of  5  pfennig, 
violet,  bearing  the  date  of  "89,"  and  as  now  being  on  card  with 


218 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND    RESUSCITATIONS. 


vertical  undulations.  We  chronicled  the  same  card  in  April  last 
with  horizontal  undulations.  Such  varieties  only  depend  upon 
the  will  of  the  printer. 

Post  Card.     5  pf. ,  violet  on  buff,  vertical  undulations. 

Bhopal. — The  Timbre-Poste  announces  the  1  anna,  brown,  as 
coming  to  hand  perforated  7J. 

Adhesive.     1  anna,  brown  ;  perforated  1\. 

British  Guiana.— In  our  number  for  October 
last  we  mentioned  that  the  series  of  1888  stamps, 
with  the  value  in  dollars  from  one  to  five,  had 
been  issued.  We  have  since  seen  some  of  these 
values  that  have  been  used  postally.  They 
are  of  the  same  type  as  those  which  have  the 
value  in  cents,  but  are  printed  in  green. 

p-n. 


-\J-u^J\A/^/\.^J-L^u-u,1 


Adhesives. 


j-i_ru-v_n_'-\-_i-n_r»  .- 


1  dollar,  green,  overprinted  in  black. 

2  dollars      , , 

3  „ 

4  „ 

The  annexed  engraving  shows  the  type  of 
the  new  series. 


Ceylon. — So  long  ago  as  the  year  1887  a  very  pretty  hash  was 
made  in  the  description  of  a  new  colour  of  the  25  cents.  We 
believe  it  was  first  described  by  Der  Philatelist  and  then  copied 
into  the  Timbre-Poste  as  green-yellow.  Somehow  or  another  we 
seem  to  have  put  the  cart  before  the  horse,  and  turned  it  into 
yellow-green.  Now,  after  numerous  enquiries  by  the  Timbre-Poste 
for  this  new  colour,  it  turns  out  that  there  is  not  much  difference 
from  the  original,  except  that  the  numerals  of  value,  which  represent 
a  second  printing  operation,  have  been  printed  in  a  rather  darker  tone 
of  colour  to  the  rest  of  the  stamp,  which  may  still  be  described  as 
being  light  brown  with  the  numerals  in  olive.  The  yellow-green  is 
therefore  a  myth.    Adhesive.   25  cents,  bistre-brown,  numerals  in  olive. 

Colombia. — The  Timbre-Poste  states  that  the  5  pesos,  being 
found  to  have  too  great  a  resemblance  in  colour  to  the  50  centavos, 
has,  since  the  middle  of  October  last,  appeared  in  black. 

The  cubierta  of   50  centavos  is  no  longer  in  reddish-rose  on 
yellowish- white  paper,  but  is  at  present  printed  in  lilac-rose  on 
bluish  paper.     Adhesive.     5  pesos,  black  on  white  ;  perforated  12. 
Cubierta.    50  centavos,  lilac-rose. 

Costa  Rica. — The  III.  Br.  Journal  reports  the  issue  of  a  value 
of  10  pesos  of  the  new  issue.  Impression  on  plain  white  paper, 
perforated  15.  Adhesive.     10  pesos,  black. 

Finland. — We  have  received  the  25  penni,  blue,  with  alterations 
in  the  inscriptions  and  in  the  discs  in  the  lower  angles.  The 
inscription  on  the  upright  oval  band  is  the  same  as  before  on  the 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND   RESUSCITATIONS.  219 

left;  but  in  the  upper  part  "suomi"  replaces  "pennia,"  and  on 
the  right  there  is  "  Finland  "  in  Eussian.  In  the  left  lower  disc 
is  "pen."  and  in  the  right  one  the  same  in  Russian;  while  between 
the  two  discs  the  numerals  of  value  are  again  introduced.  The 
impression  is  on  plain  white  paper,  and  the  perforation  is  12  J. 
Adhesive.     25  penni,  blue. 

Gibraltar. — We  have  the  1  peseta  in  brown  and  the  5  pesetas, 
slate-grey,  of  the  type  of  the  former  Twopence,  &c.  According  to 
the  Berl.  Phil.  Club  Journal,  the  following  are  the  values  and  colours, 
in  addition  to  the  10  centimos,  carmine,  chronicled  in  our  last : 

Adhesives.       5  centimos,  green. 

25         , ,  ultramarine-blue. 

40        ,,  red-brown. 

50        ,,  lilac. 

75        , ,  olive-green. 

1  peseta,  brown. 

5  pesetas,  slate-grey. 

Further,  we  have  a  postal  union  card  of  10  centimos,  and  another 
of  15  centimos,  as  also  two  wrappers  of  5  and  10  centimos,  both 
with  the  old  five-lined  notice.  We  suppose  that  the  present  notice 
on  the  wrapper  of  Great  Britain  is  a  patent  which  the  Colonial 
Department  is  not  permitted  to  infringe,  or  the  Crown  agents  would 
scarcely  desire  to  perpetuate  such  a  specimen  of  English  composition. 

Post  Cards.     10  centimos,  carmine  on  buff. 
15        ,,        brown        ,, 
Wrappers.       5        ,,        green  on  whity-brown. 
10        ,,        carmine  ,, 

Guanacaste. — A  copy  of  the  decree,  dated  14th  September  last, 
authorizing  the  issue  of  the  new  stamps  for  Costa  Rica,  to  the  list 
of  which  a  stamp  of  10  pesos  appears  to  have  been  since  added,  is 
given  in  the  Timbre -Poste.  From  this  it  appears  that  on  all 
purchases  of  stamps  of  25  pesos  and  over  a  discount  of  6  per 
cent,  is  allowed ;  but  for  the  province  of  Guanacaste  a  special  dis- 
count of  12  per  cent,  is  allowed.  We  see,  therefore,  the  reason 
why  the  stamps  for  this  province  are  overprinted  with  its  name, 
so  that  there  is  no  doubt  but  that  the  whole  series  has  been  over- 
printed in  the  manner  depicted  in  our  last,  where  we  think  the 
2  centavos  should  have  been  described  as  blue-green  rather  than 
grey-green. 

Adhesives.     2  centavos,  blue-green,  overprinted  in  black. 


5        „ 

vermilion 

»                >> 

10        „ 

brown-red 

5                                    >5 

20 

yellow-green   , 

»                                    5> 

50 

carmine           , 

>                                    J> 

1  peso, 

2  pesos, 
5    „ 

10    „ 

blue 
violet 

olive-green      , 
black 

>  >> 

>  }> 

Guatemala. — The    Timbre    Poste    chronicles    the    following 
additions  to  the  10  centavos  overprinted  oficial  described  last 
month.        Adhesives.     1  centavo,  blue,  overprinted  in  black. 
5  centavos,  violet        ,,  „ 

132* 


220  NOVELTIES,   DISCOVERIES,   AND   RESUSCITATIONS. 

Liberia. — Some  of  our  contemporaries 
notice  certain  varieties  in  the  type  of 
the  stamp  on  the  registration  envelopes 
(1880)  of  Liberia.  Three  types  have  been 
reported;  the  first  being  the  one  with 
which  philatelists  are  most  acquainted, 
that  shown  in  the  annexed  engraving,  the 
envelopes  being  in  three  sizes  as  in  the 
catalogue  of  M.  Moens,  and  the  colour 
of  the  impression  in  blue.  In  the  second  type,  the  |  letters 
of  Liberia  are  somewhat  smaller,  and  the  word  registration 
is  in  thinner  and  larger  block  letters  of  4  mm.;  the  colour  of 
the  impression  is  in  pale  blue,  and  the  only  size  known  is  the 
largest  one.  In  the  third  type,  found  only  in  the  smallest  size, 
the  type  of  the  word  registration  is  thin  and  smaller,  being  block 
type  of  3  mm.,  and  the  words  Liberia  and  ten  cents  are  larger. 
The  colour  of  the  impression  is  ultramarine-blue.  In  both  these 
latter  types  the  interior  ornaments  differ  somewhat  from  those 
above  shown.  The  flap  which  was  originally  on  the  left  is  now 
on  the  right,  and  on  the  face  of  the  envelope  of  the  second  type 
the  "  r  "  is  in  an  oval. 

Reg.  Envelopes.     10  cents,  1880,  blue  ;  3  sizes. 

10    ,,       pale  blue  ;  official  size. 

10    ,,       ultramarine  blue  ;  smallest  size. 

Newfoundland. — Messrs.  I)e  La  Eue  and  Co.  appear  to  be 
extending  their  conquests  to  this  colony,  as  we  have  received  three 
wrappers  bearing  a  family  likeness  to  their  other  productions,  and 
with  stamps  of  the  type  of  that  on  the  Ceylon  wrapper  of  1879. 
Two  envelopes  have  also  been  issued  of  the  values  of  3  and  5 
cents  in  two  sizes  of  each  value.  We  have  only  seen  the  stamp 
on  that  of  5  cents,  which  is  of  similar  design  with  the  5  cents  of 
Ceylon,  except  that  in  the  upper  part  of  the  upright  oval  the 
inscription  is  Newfoundland  postage,  and  in  the  lower  five 
cents.  The  envelope  is  of  white  laid  paper.  At  the  date  of  our 
letter  (19th  November,  1889)  the  issue  of  the  wrappers  and 
envelopes  had  not  yet  taken  place. 

Envelopes.     3  cents,  violet  on  white  laid. 
5      „      blue  „ 

Wrappers.     1  cent,  green  on  whity-brown. 

2  cents,  carmine  ,, 

3  ,,      red-brown      ,, 

Pahang. — The  Sultan  of  this  State,  one  of  the  largest  if  not 
the  largest  of  the  Malay  States,  applied  last  year  to  be  put  on  the 
same  footing  as  the  States  of  Perak,  Selangor,  Johore,  and  Sungei 
Ujong,  in  all  of  which  there  is  a  British  resident.  The  2  cents, 
rose,  of  the  Straits  Settlements  has  consequently  been  overprinted 
horizontally  in  black  with  "  pahang,"  in  small  capitals ;  and  it  is 
probable  that  there  will  be  the  usual  crop  of  varieties  in  the  type 
and  position  of  the  overprint. 

Adhesive.    2  cents,  rose,  watermarked  *&  CA,  overprinted  in  black. 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,   AND   RESUSCITATIONS.  221 

Roumania. — To  put  a  stop,  we  suppose,  to  the  manipulation  of 
the  postage  stamps  that  has  recently  occurred,  the  Government  has 
taken  the  wise  precaution  of  printing  the  stamps  on  paper  water- 
marked with  the  Arms  of  the  kingdom  in  a  shield  surmounted  by 
a  crown,  and  with  the  motto  underneath.  The  following  have 
appeared  on  this  paper : 

Adhesives.     1J  bani,  black ;  watermark  Arms ;  perforated  15. 
5      „     green  „  „ 

15       ,,     red-brown  ,,  „ 

25       ,,     blue  ,,  „ 

Russia. — The  Timbre-Poste  chronicles  the  issue,  about  the 
middle  of  last  month,  of  the  envelopes  of  7  kopecks  on  light  buff 
paper  in  the  two  sizes  adopted  for  the  other  values,  with  the  stamp 
slightly  modified,  thunderbolts  having  been  introduced  amid  the 
posthorns  at  the  foot  of  the  Arms,  similar  to  that  on  the  post 
cards  of  3  kopecks. 

A  post  card  for  the  interior,  without  any  impressed  stamp,  but 
with  a  frame  in  the  right  upper  angle  for  the  reception  of  an 
adhesive  one,  appeared  at  the  same  time.  It  is  of  large  size 
(142  x  90  mm.),  and  has  an  inscription  in  Russian  at  the  top  and 
the  Arms  in  the  left  upper  angle. 

Post  Card.     Without  stamp,  brown  on  light  buff. 
Envelope.     7  kopecks,  blue  on  light  buff  (2  sizes) ;  modified  type. 

Salvador. — In  September  last  we  mentioned  the  issue  of  a 
provisional  stamp  of  1  centavo,  made  by  surcharging  the  new 
value  on  the  3  centavos,  brown,  of  1887.  The  Phil.  Journ.  of 
America  now  states  that  prior  to  this  the  1  centavo  (1879)  appeared 
on  thin  laid  paper,  and  gives  to  understand  that  the  surcharging  of 
the  3  centavos  was  done  in  consequence  of  a  mistake  made  by  the 
engraver  in  executing  the  order  for  the  1  centavo  in  green  similar 
to  the  3  centavos.  The  instructions  given  to  the  engraving 
company  were,  that  stamps  of  1  centavo  in  green  and  2  centavos 
in  red  should  be  prepared,  of  the  exact  type  of  the  3  centavos 
(1887) ;  but  in  the  letter  ordering  them  the  company  was  directed 
to  take  notice  of  the  inscription,  "  Union  Postal  del  Salvador." 
The  engraving  company  consequently  altered  the  word  "  Servicio  " 
to  "Union,"  without  referring  back  to  the  authorities.  When 
they  were  delivered,  it  was  determined  to  efface  the  inscription 
with  a  black  line ;  but,  using  the  language  of  the  correspondent  of 
the  Phil.  Journal,  "  the  fixing  of  the  stamps  here  will  take  some 
time;  as  there  is  not  one  stamp  of  the  1  c,  green  (1879),  at  the 
office,  the  3  c,  brown,  is  to  be  surcharged  1  c.  to  meet  the 
requirements  of  the  office.  Only  500  dollars'  worth  are  to  be 
surcharged,  and  I  understand  that  they  will  not  be  sold  in 
quantities  unless  they  pay  them  at  the  rate  of  3  c.  each." 

With  respect  to  this  surcharge,  Messrs.  Whitfield,  King,  and  Co. 
inform  us  that  the  sheets  consisted  of  25  stamps,  in  two  of  which 
the  numeral  "  1  "  is  in  thicker  type  than  in  the  other  23. 

We  have  received  the  1  centavo  of   the  new  type,  with  the 


222  NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND   RESUSCITATIONS. 

value  barred  by  a  black  line.     The  impression  is  on  plain  white 
paper,  and  the  perforation  is  12. 

Adhesives.     1  centavo,  green  (1879),  on  thin  white  laid. 

1         ,,       on  3  c,  brown  (1887),  surch.  in  black;  two  vars. 
1         ,,       green,  with  upper  inscription  barred ;  new  type. 

Spain. — The  post  card  of  10  centimos  with  stamp  of  the  new 
design  has  been  issued.  Within  a  framing  are  the  words  tarjeta 
postal,  separated  by  the  stamp,  below  which  are  four  lines  for  the 
address,  the  first  preceded  by  sr.  d.  in  script ;  under  the  last  line 
are  the  instructions.  The  card  measures  144  x  98  mm.,  and  the 
impression  of  the  whole  is  in  dark  brown  on  buff. 

Post  Card.     10  centimos,  dark  brown  on  buff. 

Singei  Ujong. — We  have  the  2  cents,  rose,  surcharged  in 
italic  capitals  in  two  lines  of  14^- "and  9£  mm.,  with  a  full  stop 
after  "ujong."  One -of  the  stamps  on  the  sheet  has  "unjog"  in 
place  of  "  ujong." 

Adhesives.     2  cents,  rose,  surch.  in  black  italic  caps;  14|  and  9  mm. 
2  „  surch.  italic  caps  "  UNJOGf." 

Sweden.— We  annex  an  engraving  of  the    ©ocooooooooooooooccb 
stamp  on  the  letter  card  of  5  ore,  chronicled 
in  our  last. 

Telegraphs,  &C. — Austria. — The  III.  Br. 

Journal    states    that   the    letter-card   of    the  EKJPII      ^ 

Pneumatic  Post  is  now  on  pink,  with  the  I^^^R  I      8 

interior  in  grey.  %I§^Q£lt||      o 

Pneumatic  Letter-card.  o 

15  kreuzer,  grey  and  black  on  pink,  grey  inside.  ° 

Ceylon. — 15a.  40  cents.— The  same,  with  "40  cents"  in  small 
capitals  over  the  heads. 

40  cents  on  50  cents,  blue,  surcharged  in  black. 
26a.  60  cents. — The  same,  with  "  60  cents  "  in  small  capitals, 
and  "  60  "  in  large  numerals  under  the  upper  head. 

60  cents  on  1  rupee  (2nd  type)  vermilion-red,  surcharged  in  black. 
Cuba. — The  Timbre  Poste  publishes  translations  of  two  decrees 
of  the  2nd  and  7th  September  last,  by  the  first  of  which  permission 
is  given  to  divide  the  telegraph  stamps  of  40  c.  de  peso  diagonally 
into  two,  to  provide  for  the  20  of  the  same  issue;  and  by  the 
second,  the  fiscal  stamps  "pagos  al  estado,"  of  5  and  10  c.  de 
peso,  are  made  available  for  the  telegraph  service.  The  impression 
of  these  stamps  is  on  plain  white  paper. 

Adhesives.       5  c.  de  peso,  black. 
10  „         blue. 

Germany. — The  pneumatic  envelope  and  cards  have  the  stamps 
of  the  new  design. 

1889.     Envelope.     30  pfennig,  dark  blue  on  pink. 
Cards.     25       ,,         orange        ,, 
25  +  25      „ 

Porto  Rico. — Municipal  Stamps, — The  Timbre  Poste  has 
received   some    additional    information   regarding    these    stamps, 


NOVELTIES,    DISCOVERIES,    AND   RESUSCITATIONS.  223 

though  the  series  from  which  we  took  our  description,  at  page 
46  of  our  catalogue,  is  not  in  the  list.  This  series  is  in  the 
collection  of  the  Vice-President  of  the  Philatelic  Society  of 
London,  who  was  so  good  as  to  lend  them  to  us.  The  following 
are  all  of  the  same  type,  the  only  difference  being  the  alteration 
of  the  name,  and  all  are  perforated  11^. 

Anasco.  9c.  ofics.,  red  on  blue-green. 
,,  orange, 
red  on  orange, 
red  on  yellow. 
, ,  salmon, 
violet  on  green, 
red  on  yellow. 


21c.     „ 

Cayey. 

21c.  ofics. 

Hato-Grande. 

3c.  ofic5., 

21c.     „ 

Juncos. 

2c.  ofic5., 

3c.     „ 

Lares. 

3c.  ofic3.. 

Luquilk 

h  3c.  ofic5.. 

21c.     „ 

Naguabo. 

2c.  ofics., 

21c.     „ 

Vega  Baja. 

3c.  oncs.. 

6c.     „ 

21c.     ,, 

red  on  yellow. 

,,      salmon, 
red  on  green. 

„      pink, 
red  on  yellow. 

,,      lilac-blue. 

„      orange. 

A  subsequent  issue  has  been  made,  probably  dating  from  1889, 
differing  slightly  in  design  from  the  former,  and  without  the  tablet 
for  receiving  the  "paraph  of  the  "Alcalde."  These  stamps  are 
printed  and  perforated  similarly  to  the  previous  issue.  Of  this 
type  the  following  are  known  : 

Juncos.     21c.  ofics.,  red  on  salmon. 

Naguabo.       3c.     ,,  ,,      yellow. 

21c.     ,,  ,,      salmon. 

It  will  be  seen  from  the  above,  and  those  of  Yauco,  chronicled 
in  our  catalogue,  that  the  colour  of  the  paper  is  green  for  the  2c, 
yellow  for  the  3c,  and  salmon  or  shades  of  it  for  the  21c  The 
stamps  at  present  are  excessively  rare. 

United  States. — From  The  American  Philatelist  we  learn  that 
the  stamp  of  the  Western  Union  Company  for  1889  is  olive-green, 
and  bears  the  date  1889.  We  have  yet  to  learn  the  colours  of  the 
1886,  87,  88,  and  that  of  the  control. 

1889.      Western  Union.     Frank  stamp,  olive-green. 

TobagO. — Prom  Der  Philatelist  we  learn  that  the  1  penny  of 
the  design  without  postage  has  been  issued  in  purple,  on  paper 
watermarked  w  C.A.,  and  a  correspondent  writes  us  that  he  has 
the  threepence  also. 

Adhesives.     1  penny,  purple  ;  watermarked  crown  C.A.  ;  per/.  14. 
3  pence,  pale  blue  „  ,, 

Travancore. — The  first  stamps  which  were  chronicled  by  us  in 
November,  1888,  were  described  as  being  on  white  laid  paper,  but 
as  only  single  specimens  were  sent,  we  were  not  aware  that  in  the 
centre  of  each  sheet  was  a  watermark  of  the  Arms  within  laurel 
branches  with  "government"  above  and  "of  travancore"  under- 
neath. The  Timbre  Poste  has  now  received  the  1  chuckram  on  a 
different  kind  of  paper,  which  is  wove,  with  watermarks  of  the 
Arms,  each   sheet  having  these  in  7  rows  of  8  in  a  row.     As, 


224  A  VARIETY    OF   THE    20    PARAS,    TURKEY. 

however,  the  stamp  is  printed  80  to  the  sheet,  in  8  rows  of  10, 
the  watermarks  do  not  correspond  with  the  stamps,  so  as  to  show 
an  entire  watermark  for  each  stamp.  In  other  respects  the  stamp 
is  the  same  as  before. 

According  to  the  III.  Br.  Journal  the  post  card  is  now  on  buff 

repp.         Adhesive.     1  chuckram,  ultramarine,  watennark  arms. 
Post  Card.     8  cash,  orange  on  buff  repp. 

United  States. — According  to  the  American  Philatelic  journals 
the  new  P.  M.  G.  has  awarded  the  contract  for  printing  the  stamps 
for  four  years,  from  the  1st  January  next,  to  the  American  Bank 
Note  Company  of  New  York,  the  lowest  bidder,  Mr.  Steel,  of 
Philadelphia,  having  failed  to  comply  with  his  proposal.  The  new 
stamps  are  to  be  about  one-eighth  smaller  than  the  present  ones — 
about  the  size  of  the  Canadian  stamps.  The  designs  will  all  be 
altered  to  conform  to  the  reduction  and  new  dies  made.  It  is  said 
that  the  series  will  consist  of  the  following  values  and  colours  : 

6  cents,  vermilion. 
10      ,,      niilori  green. 
15      ,,      steel  blue. 


1  cent,  ultramarine-blue. 

2  cents,  carmine. 

3  ,,        royal  purple. 

4  „        chocolate. 

5  ,,        light  brown. 


30     „      black. 
90      ,,      orange. 


Uruguay. — Consequent  on   the  stock   of   the  current  5   cen- 
tesimos  becoming  exhausted,  recourse  has  been  had  to  the  stock  in 
hand  of  the  5  centesimos  violet  of  1886,  which  has  been  surcharged 
in  black  with  "  provisorio." 
Provisional  Adhesive.     5  centesimos,  violet  (1886),  rouletted ;  surch.  in  black. 


A  VARIETY  OF  THE  20  PARAS  (TURKEY),  OF 
DECEMBER,  1863. 

A  Paper  read  before  the  Philatelic  Society  of  London. 
By  T.  K.  TABLING,  M.P. 


The  stamp  which  forms  the  subject  of  this  "  note  "  is  a  great  curiosity  in 
its  way,  and,  as  far  as  I  am  aware,  has  never  been  chronicled  in  England. 
It  passed  into  my  possession  in  the  early  part  of  this  year,  and  for  it,  and 
the  permission  to  publish  the  following  information,  I  am  indebted  to  Dr. 
Vedel,  of  Copenhagen,  whom  I  take  this  opportunity  of  thanking  for  his 
courtesy.  The  design  of  the  stamp  needs  no  description,  and  must  be 
familiar  to  the  youngest  collector.  Suffice  it  to  say,  that  it  belongs  to  what 
is  known  as  the  second  edition  of  the  first  issue  of  Turkey,  and  is  printed 
on  the  thick  paper.  Everyone  knows  that  if  a  plate  or  stone  from  which 
stamps  are  printed  is  examined,  the  designs  will  be  found  reversed,  in  order 
to  print  a  "  positive  "  impression.  The  peculiarity  of  this  specimen  is,  that 
the  Thougra  and  the  whole  of  the  design  are  reversed,  thus  showing  that  it 
must  have  been  printed  from  a  positive  design  on  the  plate  or  stone.  The 
stamp  is  postmarked ;  and  a  comparison  of  the  obliteration  with  other 
unquestionably  genuine  obliterations  in  my  collection,  on  stamps  of  the 
same  issue,  resulted  in  a  satisfactory  verdict,  the  postmark  being  the 
ordinary  one  of  black  bars.  Adhering  to  the  back  were  portions  of  what 
was  apparently  the  original  letter.  In  spite  of  this  collateral  evidence,  I  at 
first  viewed  the  stamp  with  great  suspicion.  Anyone  who  has  attempted  to 
compare  two  stamps  of  the  same  design— one  with  the  design  reversed,  and 


A  VARIETY  OF  THE  20  PARAS,  TURKEY.  225 

the  other  with  a  positive  design— will  understand  the  difficulty,  in  examining 
the  same  portions  of  the  design,  of  making  such  allowance  for  apparent 
discrepancies  as  to  be  able  to  say  definitely  that  the  types  are  in  reality  the 
same.  I  hit  upon  the  following  expedient :  I  placed  an  ordinary  20  paras 
stamp,  face  upwards,  on  a  small  hand  looking-glass,  and  then  held  the 
supposed  error  in  such  a  position  that  the  reflected  impression  appeared  side 
by  side  with  the  other.  The  reflected  impression,  of  course,  showed 
positive,  and,  with  the  aid  of  a  magnifying-glass,  I  was  able  to  decide  in  a 
few  minutes  that  the  types  of  both  were  absolutely  identical.  But  for  the 
thickness  of  the  paper  the  same  result  could  have  been  obtained  by  holding 
the  reversed  stamp  up  to  the  light. 

The  specimen  then  was  a  genuine  error  of  impression.  But  the  question 
arose,  How  could  it  have  occurred  on  the  sheet  ?  I  wrote  to  Dr.  Vedel  for 
further  information,  and  cannot  do  better  than  give  from  his  letter  a 
translation  of  the  reply  he  received  from  his  Constantinople  correspondent. 

"  As  to  the  20  paras  stamp  with  the  Thougra  reversed,  I  will  reply  to  all 
your  questions  in  order.  The  Thougra  and  the  figure  20  are  both  reversed ; 
for  the  engraver  who  engraved  the  stamp  executed  his  first '  cliche '  positive, 
and  thus,  instead  of  100  negative  cliches  (of  which  the  sheet  should  have 
been  composed),  he  only  drew  99.  But  as  the  sheet  is  composed  of  100 
stamps,  the  positive  cliche'  gave  a  negative  design.  But  this  error  was 
found  out  when  only  ten  or  twelve  sheets  had  been  printed,  and  the  engraver 
was  then  obliged  to  furnish  the  hundredth  cliche,  which  he  had  made  a 
mistake  over  through  his  indolence  or  stupidity.  All  the  same,  these  sheets 
containing  the  error  were  used  up  without  hesitation,  and  at  that  date 
(1863)  collectors  and  collections  were  unknown  in  Turkey.  Chemistry  could 
not  change  a  design  on  thick  paper  from  one  side  to  the  other.  I  saw 
myself  this  stamp  on  a  letter  in  the  possession  of  M.  Badetti,  a  well-known 
collector.  All  collectors  here  know  of  the  existence  of  this  stamp,  but 
M.  Badetti  is  the  only  possessor  of  a  specimen.  There  can  only  be  a  dozen 
specimens  in  the  whole  world,  and  we  only  know  of  these  two.  In  all  the 
sheets  of  the  20  paras  that  have  passed  through  my  hands  I  have  never 
found  this  error,  which  only  existed  on  the  very  first  sheets." 

_  This  letter  is  very  interesting,  and,  with  the  exception  of  the  explanation 
given  of  how  the  error  occurred,  seems  to  me  about  as  satisfactory  a  history 
of  the  stamp  as  one  could  wish  for.  The  writer,  however,  by  his  language, 
appears  to  imply  that  the  engraver  drew  each  stamp  separately  on  the  plate. 
The  French  word  he  uses  is  "  exe'cuter"  which,  in  relation  to  the  design  of 
a  stamp,  I  should  take  to  mean  "  to  draw  "  or  "  to  engrave."  Now  there  are 
no  varieties  of  type  of  the  20  paras,  and  it  is  obvious  that  to  draw  100 
stamps  exactly  alike  is  a  feat  beyond  the  skill  of  anyone,  even  a  Japanese 
artist.  A  transfer  of  some  sort  from  a  matrix  design  is  therefore  our  only 
alternative,  and  here  my  difficulties  begin. 

Warned  by  my  fate  in  speculating  about  transfers  in  the  case  of  the 
Sydneys,  I  feel  the  danger  of  hazarding  opinions  on  a  subject  of  which  I 
know  but  little  ;  and  I  regret  that  we  cannot  count  among  the  members  of 
the  Philatelic  Society  any  gentleman  who  possesses  a  practical  acquaintance 
with  the  different  methods  of  engraving  and  printing  postage  stamps,  and 
who  could  tell  us  perhaps  in  five  minutes  what  the  uninitiated  may  spend 
hours  over  in  vain.  I  have  always  looked  upon  these  stamps  of  the  first 
issue  as  lithographs,  and  in  this  view  I  am  confirmed  by  "A  Parisian 
Collector "  (see  the  Philatelical  Journal,  p.  70),  who  points  out  that  there 
are  none  of  those  traces  of  what  the  French  call  "  foulage,"  which  we  should 
inevitably  have  found  had  typography  been  used  in  printing  on  this  very 
thin  paper.  In  typography  the  design  is  raised,  the  other  parts  of  the  plate 
being  cut  away;  and  the  process  is  the  exact  opposite  of  line-engraving, 
where  the  lines  of  the  design  are  sunk.  The  result  on  the  surface  of  the 
paper  printed  on  is  an  indentation  of  the  design,  and  a  corresponding 
raising  on  the  back.  A  careful  examination  of  the  stamps  shows  no  sign  of 
anything  of  the  kind ;  and,  bearing  in  mind  the  extreme  thinness  of  the 
paper,  this  seems  a  tolerably  conclusive  argument  against  typography.    A 


226  A  VARIETY  OF  THE  20  PARAS,  TURKEY. 

little  further  on  the  writer  remarks,  "  We  think  that  a  close  examination  of 
the  impressions  on  thick  paper  will  tend  to  bear  out  our  supposition,  that 
the  series  was  lithographed  and  not  typographed. 

"  It  must,  however,  be  remarked  that  in  the  impression  on  thick  paper 
the  stamps  are  closer  together  than  in  the  thin  paper  impression.  In  this 
latter  there  is  always  a  line  running  vertically  between  the  stamps.  This 
is  wanting  in  the  impression  on  tliick  paper,  but  the  type  is  identical. 
This  variation  we  attribute  to  another  transfer  for  the  thick  paper  series. 
We  have  many  examples  in  lithographed  stamps  of  the  distance  between  the 
stamps  being  changed,  as,  by  way  of  illustration,  in  the  first  series  of 
Victoria,  where  we  have  a  set  close  together,  while  another  is  found  with  a 
considerable  space  between  them." 

The  writer  omits  to  point  out  that  there  are  horizontal  lines  between  the 
rows  as  well,  which  intersect  the  vertical  ones  at  right  angles,  exactly  as  in 
the  case  of  some  of  the  Sydneys  and  laureated  issues  of  New  South  Wales. 
Since  these  intersecting  lines  must  have  been  drawn  on  a  plate  or  stone, 
this  at  once  disposes  of  the  theory  of  "cliches"  which  would  have  to  be 
clamped  up  together,  and  seems  to  me  an  additional  argument  in  favour  of 
lithography. 

We  are  enabled  to  assign  December,  1863,  as  the  date  of  the  error,  which 
is  found  on  the  thick  paper,  but  which  does  not  exist  on  the  sheets  of  the 
thin  paper  impression ;  while  the  existence  of  the  error  for  the  first  time 
on  the  thick  paper  leads  us  to  the  belief  that  it  was  the  result  of  a  transfer 
of  some  kind,  which  took  place  at  the  date  mentioned.  All  this,  however, 
is  no  answer  to  our  question,  How  did  the  error  occur  ?  and  it  does  not  seem 
easy  to  give  one.  I  can  only  offer  suggestions,  based  on  the  conclusion  that 
a  transfer  took  place  in  1S63. 

I  believe  I  am  right  in  saying  that,  in  some  cases  of  reproduction  of 
stamps  by  lithography,  a  matrix  die  is  first  engraved  or  drawn  reversed  on 
metal,  stone,  or  some  other  substance.  Reversed  designs  are  then  trans- 
ferred from  the  matrix  to  the  stone  which  is  to  be  used  for  printing  from  by 
an  intermediate  process,  lithographic  transfer-paper  being  employed.  The 
number  of  stamps  would  vary  according  to  the  size  of  the  stone  and  the 
closeness  of  the  rows ;  and  the  reversed  impressions,  which  of  course  are 
necessary  to  give  the  positive  designs  we  are  familiar  with  on  the  stamps 
themselves,  could  thus  have  been  obtained  one  by  one.  The  existence  of 
the  error  proves  that  this  was  not  done  in  the  case  of  every  stamp  on  the 
stone ;  and  the  explanation  which  suggests  itself  is,  that  by  mistake  a 
direct  application  of  the  reversed  matrix  was  made  to  the  stone,  a  process 
which  I  am  informed  is  used  also.  This  direct  application  would  leave  a 
positive  design  on  the  stone,  and  consequently  a  reversed  one  in  printing,  as 
exemplified  by  the  specimen  before  you.  On  the  discovery  of  the  error, 
when  the  sheets  were  printed  off,  it  could  have  easily  been  removed  from  the 
stone,  and  its  place  filled  by  a  reverse  impression,  obtained  by  means  of  the 
lithographic  paper,  as  mentioned  above.  It  seems  less  easy  to  assume  that 
the  original  matrix  was  drawn  positive.  In  this  case  the  error  must  have 
occurred  through  the  use  of  transfer-paper,  and  the  remaining  99  impressions 
been  produced  either  by  a  double  process  of  transfer  or  by  direct  application 
of  the  matrix.  Some  one  more  skilled  than  I  must  tell  us  which  is  the 
more  probable  theory.  The  last  and  only  remaining  alternative  that  occurs 
to  me  is,  that  it  might  not  have  been  impossible  to  take  a  transfer  bodily 
from  the  first  stone  to  a  second  one.  Against  this  are  two  facts.  The  error 
does  not  exist  in  the  thin,  but  only  in  the  thick  paper,  and  its  presence 
therefore  on  the  latter  could  not  be  accounted  for  ;  and,  secondly,  the  stamps 
on  the  thick  paper  are  printed  closer  together  than  the  others.  To  summarize 
shortly,  I  conclude— 

(1)  That  a  lithographic  transfer  from  the  original  matrix  to  a  new  stone 
(or  to  the  old  one  with  the  designs,  &c,  cleaned  off)  took  place  at  the  time 
the  thick  paper  series  was  issued. 

(2)  That  the  error  occurred  through  a  mistake  in  the  process  of  transfer, 
by  one  of  the  methods  I  have  indicated  above. 

Whether  these  speculations  are  correct  or  not  I  must  now  leave  you  to 


THE    SWISS    CANTONAL   STAMPS. 


227 


judge.  With  an  imperfect  knowledge  of  the  possible  processes  employed, 
and  in  the  absence  of  definite  information,  it  seems  profitless  for  me  to 
theorize  further  as  to  the  modus  operandi.  It  often  happens  that  a  writer 
on  a  new  philatelic  subject  makes  some  blunder  or  misstatement.  Then, 
and  not  till  then,  a  kind  friend,  who  has  hitherto  kept  his  lips  sealed,  comes 
promptly  forward  to  set  him  right;  and,  if  I  may  slightly  alter  a  now 
celebrated  phrase,  I  would  say  that  even  "a  wilful  diffusion  of  philatelic 
error  as  to  matters  of  fact "  proves  not  infrequently  the  means  of  ascertain- 
ing the  truth.  I  can  only  hope  that  some  member  of  the  Society  can  give 
us  an  explanation  of  what  at  present  appears  a  regular  philatelic  puzzle. 


THE  SWISS  CANTONAL  STAMPS, 


Through  the  kindness  of  an  old  subscriber  to  this  magazine  we  have 
received  from  the  "Societe  Lausannoise  de  Timbrologie"  a  copy  of  a 
small  work  just  published  by  it,  bearing  the  title  of  Les  timbres  Cantonaux 
de  La  Suisse  et  Leurs  falsifications.  The  author  is  M.  A.  de  Reuterskiold, 
who  from  the  preliminary  notice  appears  to  have  been  assisted  in  his 
labours  by  other  members  of  the  Society  to  which  it  was  presented  by  the 
author.  Perhaps  no  European  stamps  have  attracted  the  attention  of  so 
many  experienced  philatelists  as  those  of  Switzerland;  and  after  all  that 
has  been  written  it  might  be  thought  that  nothing  new  could  now  have 
been  found,  yet  a  perusal  of  the  work  shows  us  that  though  some  errors 
and  many  omissions  have  been  made,  yet  there  is  some  useful  matter 
which  we  think  has  for  the  first  time  been  brought  to  light.  We  may 
differ  from  the  author  on  some  points,  but  of  the  general  utility  of  the 
work  there  can  be  no  doubt.  It  will  prove  exceedingly  useful  to  the 
student,  inasmuch  as  it  not  only  gives  complete  analyses  of  the  principal 
forgeries,  but  also  a  photograph  of  the  genuine  types  of  all  the  stamps 
treated  of.  For  the  moderate  price  of  one  franc  the  student  may  thus 
be  furnished  with  correct  indices  for  determining  the  genuine  character 
of  these  stamps,  and  this  is  something,  for  they  have  been  more  plentifully 
forged  than  most  stamps,  and  the  worthless  productions  of  the  great 
enemies  of  philatelists  have  been  foisted  on  many  a  tyro.  One  proof 
among  many  that  lithography  is  not  the  kind  of  manufacture  best  adapted 
for  postage  stamps. 

The  two  stamps  for  Zurich  take  precedence  in  the  philatelic  world 
immediately  after  the  two  stamps  for  Great  Britain,  issued  in  1840,  having 

been  issued  in  March,  1843.      They 

were,  as   we  all  know,  very  simple 

in  design,  the  chief  feature  being  a 

numeral  on  a  diapered  ground  of  fine 

lines  somewhat  differently  disposed  in 

each  of   the  five  types,  and  in  the 

present  work   the  different  varieties 

are  clearly  shown  by  a  lithographed 

diagram  on  an  enlarged  scale.  Pre- 
viously to  the  stamps  being  delivered 
to  the  post  they  were  overprinted  with  "red  lines  alternately  single  and 
double  placed  either  horizontally  or  vertically  according  as  the  sheet  was 
presented  to  the  printing  machine."  All  the  principal  writers  on  these 
stamps  agree  that  no  issue  was  made  without  this  overprint,  but  the  fact 
cannot  be  disputed  that  some  specimens  exist  without  it.  There  is  a 
remark  of  the  author  of  the  work  on  this  point  which  seems  worthy  of 
attention.  "It  is,"  he  says,  "possible  that  here  and  there  two  sheets  may 
have  passed  at  the  same  time  under  the  press  ;  in  such  case  the  lower  sheet 
would  not  have  received  the  overprint,  and  may  perhaps  have  been  so  em- 
ployed ;  but  it  is  certain  that  the  greater  part  of  the  Zurich  stamps  found 
in  collections,  and  said  to  be  without  lines,  are  stamps  which  have  been 
exposed  to  the  sun,  or  have  been  chemically  washed." 


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THE   SWISS    CANTONAL    STAMPS. 


And  now  we  are  informed  that  tradition,  which  assigns  the  values  of  4 
and  6  rappen  to  these  stamps,  according  as  they  were  for  local  or  cantonal 
postage,  is  in  fault,  and  that  the  true  values  were  4  and  6  kreuzer,  a 
statement  that  we  cannot  accept  without  some  positive  proof,  which  could 
surely  have  been  obtained,  as  it  only  refers  to  what  occurred  not  quite 
forty-seven  years  ago.  But  how  is  such  a  statement  reconcilable  with  the 
letter  of  the  decree  of  the  postal  authorities  dated  Zurich,  25th  February, 
1843,  of  which  a  copy  is  given  in  the  admirable  monograph  of  M.  Schulze 
that  appeared  in  the  Timbre-Poste  for  1877  ?  By  this  decree,  which  took 
effect  on  the  1st  March,  1843,  a  uniform  rate  of  6  rappen  for  a  single 
letter  under  half  an  ounce  throughout  the  canton  was  established,  a  local 
post  of  4  rappen  for  a  similar  letter  was  also  constituted,  and  the  postal 
administration  was  charged  with  the  issue  of  stamps  of  4  rappen  for  the 
local  postage,  and  of  6  rappen  for  the  cantonal  postage.  It  is  to  be 
regretted  that  in  writing  a  treatise  on  these,  or  any  other  stamps,  diligent 
search  for  documentary  evidence  should  not  be  the  primary  care  of  every 
writer.  Since  the  early  days  of  collecting  it  has  always  been  an  axiom 
among  collectors  that  the  values  were  in  rappen,  and  that  these  were 
equivalent  to  centimes,  and  this  has  been  derived  not  only  from  internal 
evidence,  but  it  was  so  stated  by  M.  Moens  in  his  Timbres-Poste  Illustres, 
1864;  and  we  never  saw  a  doubt  expressed  on  this  latter  point  till  the 
French  Society  startled  us,  in  1880,  by  the  announcement  at  the  head  of  its 
Catalogue  of  the  Zurich  stamps  that  "1  rappen  =  centimes  5 "9."  (Bulletin 
18S0,  p.  95.)  On  such  a  calculation  the  two  stamps  would  represent,  the 
one  23*6  centimes,  and  the  other  35 '4  centimes,  or,  if  the  values  were  in 
kreuzer,  about  14  and  21  centimes  respectively — rates  which,  had  they 
existed  in  March,  1843,  would  undoubtedly  have  been  altered  before 
March,  1850.  We  are  told  that  this  is  the  first  monograph  of  the  author 
of  the  present  work,  and  we  hope  it  is  only  a  prelude  to  others,  and  that 
he  will  take  our  criticism  in  good  part,  as  we  all  work  towards  the  same 
object — the  elucidation  of  the  truth. 

The  obliterations  of  the  Zurich  stamps  are  all  similar,  the  hand  stamps 
having  all  been  made  of  the  same  pattern.  "  For  the  local  post  the  obliter- 
ations were  in  red,  very  rarely  in  blue,  and  for  the  cantonal  post  they  were 
black.  Some  few  specimens  are  found  obliterated  with  P.P.,  or  with  the 
Confederation  mark ;  but  these  were  used  in  1850  or  1851,  notwithstanding 
that  the  stamps  had  been  superseded  at  this  period." 

The  Geneva  stamps  come  next  among  the  Swiss  stamps  in  order  of  issue, 
the  one  known  as  the  double  one  having  been  issued,  according  to  the  notice 
(T.  P.  No.  174),  on  the  30th  September,  1843.  The  work  before  us  states 
that  .the  [accounts  of  the  printing  establishment  of  Schmid,  where  all  the 
Geneva  stamps  were  manufac- 
tured, show  that  600  sheets  of 
100  stamps  each  were  printed, 
which  must  mean  double  stamps, 
as  we  know  that  there  were  50 
of  these  to  the  sheet.  "The 
obliterating  mark  on  the  stamps 
is  in  red,  and  is  uniform,  being 
a  cross  within  a  rosette,  with  a 
star  in  the  middle."  In  consequence  of  the  adoption  of  a  uniform  rate  of 
5  centimes  throughout  the  canton,  the  double  stamps  were  superseded  on 
1st  April,  1845,  by  a  single  stamp  of  5  centimes  ;  and  on  the  27th  February, 
1846,  envelopes  in  three  sizes  were  also  issued.  But  in  the  meanwhile  (April, 
1844)  the  rate  had  been  reduced  to  4  c.  in  lieu  of  5c,  and  the  stamps,  though 
bearing  the  facial  value  of  5c,  were  debited  at  4  c  The  author  states  that 
one  reason  why  the  envelopes,  of  which  40,000  were  manufactured,  did  not 
meet  with  success  was,  that  as  the  stamps  of  5  c  were  sold  by  the  post-office 
for  4  c,  the  envelopes  cost  5  c  He  then  proceeds  to  say  that  in  1846  and 
1847  a  small  quantity  of  these  envelopes  were  cut,  and  the  stamps  employed 
as  postage  stamps.  It  is  not  improbable  that  this  was  done  by  private 
persons  who  may  have  spoilt  an  envelope,  but  we  doubt  if  it  was  done 


THE   SWISS   CANTONAL   STAMPS. 


229 


officially.  For  ourselves  we  firmly  believe  in  the  existence  of  the  envelope 
stamp  as  an  adhesive  stamp ;  but  this  appears  to  be  ignored  not  only  by 
Mr.  Schulze,  but  by  the  author  of  the  present  work.  Not  only  have  we 
seen  two  unsevered  specimens,  but  specimens  on  envelopes,  which  must  have 
been  gummed  before  being  affixed.  To  any  eye  moderately  practised  there 
can  be  no  mistake  between  a  stamp  gummed  on  and  one  which  is  affixed 
after  having  been  gummed.  Perfect  adhesion  in  the  former  case  cannot  be 
attained  without  using  such  an  amount  of  gum  as  to  ooze  out  at  the  edges. 
"In  1868,  when  the  post-office  in  Geneva  was  moved,  about  800  of  these 
envelopes  were  found,  and  were  disposed  of  to  collectors 
and  dealers." 

The  stamp  of  2J  rappen  for  the  local  post  of  Bale  was 
issued  in  1845,  and  continued  in  use  till  1850.  "The 
obliteration  is  generally  a  double  circle  in  red,  with 
" basel"  and  the  date;  but  those  used  after  the  law 
establishing  uniform  rates  within  certain  rayons  through- 
out the  Confederation  came  into  operation  are  oblite- 
rated with  P.P.  in  a  small  oval,  or  with  " franco"  in  a 
rectangle  with  rounded  angles." 

When  the  new  postal  law  came  into  operation  the  stamps  were£notf[ready 
to  be  issued,  and  the  first  issue  did  not  take^  place  till  April,  1850.*  The 
Conseil  d'etat  was  empowered  under  the  provisions  of  the  law  to  allow  towns 
~of  importance  to  continue  their  local  posts  temporarily, 
and  both  Zurich  and  Geneva  obtained  this  privilege. 
In  March,  1850,  the  postal  authorities  of  Zurich  issued 
the  local  stamp  of  1\  rappen,  bearing  the  cross  of  Savoy 
upon  it,  and  which  for  some  years  bore  the  name  of  the 
"  Winterthur "  stamp ;  but  it  only  continued  in  use  for 
six  months.  The  postal  authorities  of  Geneva  also  issued, 
in  November,  1849,  a  stamp  of  4  centimes,  bearing  the 
cross  of  Savoy ;  but  in  consequence  of  an  alteration  in  the  rate  of  postage 
this  was,  in  March,  1850,  superseded  by  a  stamp  of  5  centimes,  the 
alteration  in  the  stamp  being  effected  by  removing  the  numeral  "4,"  and 
introducing  "  5  "  in  its  place.  These  are  the  two  stamps 
known  formerly  as  those  of  "Vaud." 
In  August  of  the  following  year  a  stamp 
of  a  new  design,  which  went  formerly 
by  the  name  of  the  "Neufchatel" 
stamp,  was  substituted  for  the  5  cen- 
times "Vaud,"  and  continued  in  use 
till  the  end  of  the  year,  when,  in 
consequence  of  a  new  postal  law,  it  ceased  to  be  issued. 
These  latter  stamps  for  Zurich  and  Geneva  are  called  in 
the  treatise  "transition  stamps,"  and  mark  the  period  between  the  postal 
law  for  the  confederation  coming  into  operation  and  the  universal  adoption 
of  the  stamps  issued  by  it. 

We  are  afraid  that  we  have  wearied  our  readers  by  this  summary  of  the 
history  of  the  Cantonal  stamps,  though  we  have  endeavoured  to  make  it  as 
brief  as  possible ;  but  it  was  difficult  to  explain  wherein  we  differ  from  the 
author  of  the  present  work  without  sketching  the  whole  subject.  We  should 
recommend  our  readers  who  wish  to  study  these  stamps  to  read  the  mono- 
graph of  M.  Schulze  along  with  the  present  work,  as  the  former  contains 
copies  of  official  documents,  which  seem  to  us  to  be  necessary  for  those  who 
desire  to  become  acquainted  with  the  reasons  of  the  various  changes  that 
took  place,  especially  about  the  year  1850. 

We  trust  that  the  Lausanne  Society  will  continue  the  work  by  an  investi- 
gation "of  the  early  stamps  of  the  Confederation.  Judging  by  the  very  indif- 
ferent collections  of  these  stamps  which  we  have  seen,  there  is  ample  room 
for  a  better  history  of  them  than  any  which  now  exists.  From  collections 
of  these  stamps  plates  of  the  forty  varieties  of  the  5  and  10  rappen  might  no 
doubt  be  constructed,  and  might  be  reproduced  by  the  autotype  process, 
which  is  much  less  costly  than  reproducing  them  by  separate  photographs. 


230  CORRESPONDENCE. 


<£0XXt8$0Ytot\Xtt. 

THE  TWELVE  RAREST  STAMPS. 

To  the  Editor  of  "The  Philatelic  Record." 

Dear  Sir, — It  is  gratifying  to  me  to  think  that  my  letter  of  17th  April 
last  had  some  share  in  calling  forth  Mr.  Philbrick's  admirable  paper  on  the 
British  Guiana  stamps,  which  appeared  in  your  numbers  for  June  and  July. 

A  remark  made  by  Mr.  Philbrick  on  p.  122  suggests  another  query.  Of 
genuine  non-local  postage  stamps,  issued  not  later  than  I860,  and  known  to 
exist  in  a  used  state,  what  are  the  twelve  rarest  varieties,  and  what  their 
order  of  rarity  ?  I  imagine  the  list  would  not  differ  much  from  that  which 
follows,  but  I  should  be  glad  to  have  an  authoritative  expression  of  opinion. 

Moldavia,  1858,  27  p.  and  81  p. 
Mauritius,  1847,  "  Post  Office,"  Id.  and  2d. 
Reunion,  1852,  15  c.  and  30  c. 

Sandwich  Islands,  1852,  2  c,  5  c,  13  c,  and  13  c.  (H.  I.  and  U.  S.). 
British  Guiana,  1850,  2  c. 
„  1856,  1  c. 

It  would,  I  am  sure,  interest  country  collectors— at  a  distance  from  Phila- 
telic Societies  and  stamp  auctions— to  be  told  what  prices  the  great  rarities 
have  recently  fetched,  and  in  what  collections  are  to  be  found  those  of  which 
only  a  few  specimens  are  known  to  exist. 

So  far  as  I  am  aware  the  only  catalogue  that  attempted  to  set  forth  a 
scale  of  rarity  was  Bellars  and  Davies'  Standard  Guide  to  Postage  Stamp 
Collecting,  London,  1864.  In  that  book  an  asterisk  (*)  is  attached  to  each 
stamp  that  is  "  not  common ; "  a  dagger  (f)  to  each  that  is  "  rare ; "  a 
double  dagger  (i)  to  the  "very  rare  ;"  and  a  section  (§)  to  the  "excessively 
rare."  It  is  curious  to  note  that  of  the  30  or  40  varieties  marked  §,  only 
two  occur  in  my  suggested  dozen.  Messrs.  Bellars  and  Davies'  excessive 
rarities  are : 

British  Guiana  (1856),  4  c,  magenta. 

Cape,  1S60  (?),  4d.,  blue-black  on  bluish. 

Argentine  Confederation,  5  c,  large  fig. 

Buenos  Ayres,  steamer  ;  all  values. 

Corrientes,  1  real. 

French  Republic,  1  fr.,  green. 

New  Caledonia,  10  c. 

Reiinion,  15  c,  30  c. 

Dutch  Guiana,  10  c. 

Dutch  Indies,  10  c.  (?). 

New  Granada,  1858,  2£c,  black. 

Saxony,  1850,  3  pf . 

Spain,  bear,  1  c,  2  c,  3  c. 

„      1350,  12  c,  5  r.,  6  r.,  10  r. 

„      1851,  12  c,  2  r.,  5  r.,  6  r.,  10  r. 

„      1852,  2  r.,  5  r.,  6  r. 

„      1853,  2r.,  or. 

„      1854,  2  c,  1  r.,  2  r.,  5r.,  6  r. 

With  this  list  one  may  compare  those  given  in  the  Stamjy  Collector's 
Magazine,  i.  65  ;  ii.  128  ;  hi.  48,  95  ;  and  in  the  Philatelist,  ii.  116  ;  viii.  72. 

I  am,  yours  faithfully, 

P.  J.  Anderson. 

The  New  Spalding  Clfb,  Aberdeen, 
December  2nd,  1889. 


NOTES   AND    QUERIES.  231 

AN  INDEX  TO  ENGLISH  STAMP  MAGAZINES. 

Dear  Sir, — Referring  to  the  repeated  appeals  by  Dr.  Diena,  of  Modena, 
for  a  work  on  philatelic  bibliography,  giving  the  titles  of  all  the  special  works 
treating  of  stamps,  and  of  the  principal  articles  in  the  various  stamp 
magazines,  and  to  the  demonstrations  he  has  given  to  show  the  utility  of 
such  a  work,  I  beg  to  inform  your  readers  that  for  the  past  year  I  have  been 
engaged  in  making  an  index  to  the  principal  English  stamp  magazines  from 
1863  to  1889 ;  and  at  the  present  moment  I  am  giving  it  a  final  revision 
before  placing  it  in  the  hands  of  the  printer. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  magazines  indexed  : 

Volumes  Indexed. 

Stamp  Collector's  Magazine  .  .  .    all. 

Philatelist  .  .  . 

Philatelical  Journal 

Philatelic  Quarterly 

Philatelic  Record    .  .  ...     1-11. 

Stamp  Collector's  Annual  .  ...     all. 

Foreign  Stamp  Collector's  Journal  and 

Stamp  Collector's  Journal  .  .  .     1-11. 

Stamp  News  .  .  ...     1-5. 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  above  work  falls  short  of  the  proposal  by  Dr. 
Diena ;  but,  as  it  has  been  pointed  out,  this  task  is  beyond  the  power  of  one 
man,  supposing  he  had  access  to  such  a  philatelical  library  as  Mr.  Tiffany 
owns.  The  idea  of  having  a  complete  index  to  periodical  philatelic  literature 
could,  in  my  opinion,  be  carried  out  by  the  compilation  of  separate  indexes 
relating  to  English,  American,  German,  and  Continental  (including  French, 
Spanish,  Italian,  &c.)  publications.  If  such  indexes  were  undertaken,  it 
would  result  in  the  practical  outcome  of  Dr.  Diena's  suggestion,  which,  as 
everybody  must  admit,  would  be  a  real  boon  to  philately. 

Yours  truly,  T.  Martin  Wears. 

Rosemount,  Downfield,  near  Dundee, 
Deceniber  UtJi,  1S89. 


G.  T.,  Bridgnorth. — You  ask  whether  the  label  you  send  is  to  be 
collected  as  a  postage  stamp.  We  wonder  what  you  mean  by  a  postage 
stamp.  Postage  is  ordinarily  defined  to  be  the  price  paid  for  the  con- 
veyance of  something  by  the  post ;  stamp  is  a  mark  imprinted,  or  an 
impression.  We  take  it,  therefore,  that  a  postage  stamp  is  a  mark  or 
impression  which  signifies  the  price  which  has  been  or  is  to  be  paid  for 
this  conveyance.  Does  your  label  fall  under  this  definition  1  We  trow 
not.  In  our  opinion  it  is  neither  "fish  nor  flesh,  nor  good  red  herring." 
In  the  early  days  of  stamp  collecting,  when  postage  stamps  proper  were 
but  few,  anything  that  came  out  of  the  Post-office  in  the  shape  of  an 
official  envelope,  or  with  gum  upon  it,  was  catalogued  among  postage 
stamps,  and  we,  like  other  Jerusalem  ponies,  ran  after  Post- office 
envelopes  with  the  embossed  seal  of  the  Returned  Letter  Office  upon 
them,  and  such  were  called  "  Returned  Letter  Envelopes,"  which  came 
to  the  addressee  free,  provided  that  the  postage  had  been  fully  paid  on 
the  original  letter ;  but  there  was  no  virtue  in  the  flap  stamp  ;  not  one 
bit  more  than  in  the  words  on  the  front,  "  On  Her  Majesty's  Service." 
Had  a  private  person  used  one  of  these  envelopes  it  would  not  have 
conveyed  his  letter  free  unless  it  emanated  from  the  office. 

Then  again  Major  Evans,  in  the  last  number  of  this  magazine,  has 
told  us  a  little  about  the  Canadian  "officially-sealed"  stamps.  Why  such 


232 


XOTES    AND    QUERIES. 


things,  and  all  the  retour  brief  German  labels,  are  catalogued  and 
collected  we  cannot  conceive,  unless  it  is  because  they  are  gummed  and 
used  by  the  Post-office. 

And  now  as  to  this  particular  label,  of  which  we  give  a  facsimile. 
The  centre  is  for  receiving  the  date  stamp  of  the  office  where  it  was 
affixed. 


FOUND 
OPEN  AND 

v<    HP  iR- 

OFFICIALLY 
SEALED. 

It  measures  about  52  x  31  mm.,  is  gummed,  and  perforated  10^,  and 
is  printed  in  black  on  white  wove  paper.  It  is  most  probably  a  recent 
production,  as  up  to  a  short  time  since  any  letters  found  unfastened,  or 
whose  fastening  had  come  undone,  were  sealed  with  red  wax — unless 
the  Post-office  was  in  mourning — as  big  as  a  saucer.  The  postal 
authorities  have  now  hit  upon  a  more  expeditious  and  cheaper  remedy, 
and  we  lately  received  an  envelope — not  made  of  "Whatman's  hand-made 
paper,  be  it  understood — that  was  ornamented  all  over  with  these  shin- 
plasters,  all  with  the  office  stamp  upon  them  in  the  square,  and  these 
things  are  called  seals. 

G.  H.  T. — You  are  perfectly  right.  The  stamp  described  in  our  last 
as  "  An  Antique  Local "  is  nothing  but  the  old  newspaper  duty  stamp. 
We  must  apologise  for  not  putting  in  a  better  stop-gap,  and  are  obliged 
to  you  for  taking  the  trouble  to  send  us  specimens  of  these  stamps  of 
that  date. '  "We  have  not  a  copy  of  the  Acts  of  George  III.  at  hand,  but 
we  believe  the  duty  was  raised  to  2d.  in  1789,  and  another  halfpenny 
added  on  to  the  existing  lot,  and  in  1794  another  was  added,  and  the 
duty  made  2^d.,  chargeable  on  each  sheet  of  certain  dimensions.  The 
story  of  the  old  soldier  is  pretty,  but  it  happens  to  be  mythical. 

0.  H.  N. — Your  stamp  is  an  old  Boston  humbug,  born  in  1867,  issue 
of  a  well-known  parent. 

T.  M.  "W. — "We  are  unable  to  remember  what  were  the  stamps  you 
sent  us  surcharged  with  "GovT  Parcels  ;"  but  they  were  genuine,  or 
we  should  have  said  so.     All  we  know  of  are  the  following  : 

9  pence,  green;  1  shilling,  brown-orange.  {Phil.  Record,  Sept.,  1883.) 
1|  pence,  purple;  6  pence,  green.  (Phil.  Record,  Aug.  and  Oct.,  1886.) 
1|  pence,  purple  and  green ;  6  pence,  purple-brown  on  red.  {Phil.  Record, 
May,  1888.) 

To  these,  the  9  pence,  purple  and  blue,  and  the  1  shilling,  green,  of 
the  current  type  have  been  added  this  year — the  9  pence  about  six 
months  since,  and  the  1  shilling  about  three  months  since,  though  we 
do  not  appear  to  have  chronicled  the  former. 

These  do  not  quite  agree  with  M.  Moens'  Catalogue  (Supplement, 
page  164),  but  he  is  wrong.     "We  never  heard  of  a  4  pence,  green. 


INDEX. 


Afghanistan,  147 

Amsterdam,   Exhibition  of  Postage 

Stamps  in,  37 
An  Antique  Local,  216,  232 
Antigua,  164 

Antioquia,  23,  61,  185,  198 
Argentine  Republic,  4,  61,  82,  107, 

131,  164,  180,  185,  197,  217 
Arzamass,  205 

Auction,  Sales  of  Stamps  by,  105 
Austria,  23,  31,  180,  222 
Austrian  Levant,  Soldi  Stamps,  195 

Barbados,  131 

Bavaria,  61,  217 

Belgium,  5,  31,  61,  181 

Bhopal,  42,  61,  82,  218 

Bogorodsk,  8,  205 

Bogota,  149,  165 

Bougoulma,  86 

Bouzoulouk,  135 

Brazil,  5,  23,  43,  62,  82,  131,  147, 

199 
British  Bechuanaland,  5,  24,  43,  62, 

148,  164,  199 

—  Protectorate,  44,  62,  148,  165,  200 
British  Guiana,  5,  24,  107,  131,  165, 

181,  218 

—  Some  New  Facts  in  the  History  of 

the  Stamps  of.    By  E.  D.  Bacon, 
88,  112 

—  Further    Notes    on    the    Earlier 

Issues.    By  F.  A.  Philbrick,  q.  c, 
119,  138 

—  Queries  by  P.  J.  Anderson,  103, 

230 
British  Honduras,  6 
British  North  Borneo,  107,  200 
Bulgaria,  24,  44,  82,  132,  181,  200 

Cambridge  Messenger  Stamps.      By 

E.  H.  W.  Rossiter,  69 
Canada,  44,  132,  148,  200 

—  Officially-sealed  Label.    By  Major 
Evans,  210 


Cape  of  Good  Hope,  62,  83 
Ceylon,    6,    44,    63,   108,   148,  152, 

200,  218,  222 

—  The  Stamps  of.    By  W.  B.  Thorn- 

hill,  70 

—  Unwatermarked  Stamps  of.     By 

Major  Evans,  157,  175 
Chalco,  65 
Chamba,  45 
Charkoff,  205 
Chiapas,  66 
Chili,  6,  200 
Christiansunds,  28 
Colombia,    45,   108,   132,   165,    181, 

201,  218 
Congo,  45,  63,  86,  109 
Copenhagen,  165 

Costa  Rica,  148,  182,  218 

Cuba,  222 

Curacao,  25*,  63,  132,  186,  201 

Danish  Locals,  165,  201 
Danish  West  Indies,  45 
Denmark,  165 
Dominica,  109 
Dominican  Republic,  183 
Drammens,  28 
Dutch  Indies,  6 

Egypt,  6,  25,  45,  63,  166 
Exhibition    of    Postage    Stamps    at 
Amsterdam,  37 

—  at  Munich,  188 

—  in  New  York,  101 

Faridkot,  25,  45,  63,  166 
Fernando  Po,  110 
Fiji  Islands,  46,  148 

—  Sale  of  Obsolete  Stamps,  81 
Finland,  83,  218 

Formosa,  83 
France,  25,  166 

French  Colonies,  40,  46,  64,  84,  110, 
132,  149,  166,  183 

—  Levant,  25,  183 


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INDEX. 


Gabon,  46,  64,  84,  110,  132,  149 

Gadiatsch,  29,  135,  205 

Gambia,  133 

German  Levant,  202 

Germany,  184,  201,  222 

Gibraltar,  47,  149,  184,  202,  219 

Gold  Coast.  64.  133,  184 

Great  Britain,  6,  25,  48,  65,  110,  118, 

129,  133,  150,  166,  202 
—  Early  Stamps  of,  153,  174 
Greece,  133,  151,  166,  203 
Grenada,  134 
Griazowetz,  8,  86 
Guadalajara,  66,  133 
Guadaloupe,  46,  84,  166 
Guanacaste,  203,  219 
Guatemala,  7,  118,  203,  219 
Guinea,  1S4 
Gwalior,  48,  84,  184 

Hammerfest,  28 
Hawaiian  Islands,  203 
Holkar,  25,  48,  203 
Holland,  7 
Holmestrand,  28 
Horsens,  165,  201 
Hungary,  84 

Indo-China,  47,  64,  84 
Italy,  84,  151,  164,  166 

Jamaica,  85,  203 

Japan,  Supplementary  Notes  on  the 
Stamps  of.  ByE.  D.  Bacon.  32, 53 
Jhind,  85,  151,  185 
Jubilee  of  Postage  Stamps,  41.  197 

Kashmir,  87,  203 
Kolomna,  30,  50 

Lebedjan,  8 
Liberia,  110,  220 
Louga,  206 
Luxemburg,  110 

Madagascar,  110,  204 
Malmyche,  50 
Martinique,  47 
Mauritius,  167 
Medellin,  185 

Mexico,  26,  65,  66,  85,  167,  204 
Morschansk,  135 

Munich,ExhibitionofPostageStamps, 
188 

Nabha,  48,  85,  185 
Natal,  48,  110 
Nevis,  7 
Newfoundland,  134,  220 

*  Those  marked  with  an  asterisk  were  read  at  the  meetings  of  the  Philatelic  Society 
of  London. 


Newfoundland,  Stamps  of,  211 
New  South  Wales,  7,  26,  48,  66,  85, 

111,  134,  167,  185 
New  York.    Exhibition   of   Postage 

Stamps,  101 
New  Zealand,  67,  134,  171 

—  Postage  Stamps  of.    Bv  J.  Davies. 

171 
Nicaragua,  49 
Norway,  151.  168 
Norwegian  Locals,  28 
Nossi-Be,  149,  166,  183 
Notes  and  Queries,  40,  56,  216,  231 
Nova  Scotia  and  New  Brunswick  First 

Issue,  176 
Novgorod,  S6,  135,  206 

Oudeypoor,  28,  67 
Oustsysolsk,  86,  136,  206 

Pahang,  220 
Panama,  111,  134,  168 
Papers  bv  E.   D.   Bacon,   *32,   •88, 
♦112 

—  E.  B.  Evans,  142,  157,  175 

—  J.  Davies,  *171 

—  A.  F.  Basset  Hull,  126,  12S,  143. 

154 

—  F.  Jeppe.  97 

—  F.  A.  Philbrick,  q.c,  *119,  *138, 

174 

—  E.  H.  W.  Rossiter,  *69 

—  T.  K.  Tapling,  M.P.,  *224 

—  W.  B.  ThornhilL  *70 
Paraguay,  67 

Perak,  134,  168 

Perejaslaw,  50 

Persia,  49,  134,  169 

Peru,  49,  111,  118,  151 

Philatelic  Societv  of  London,  Pro- 
ceedings of,  20,  35.  55.  SO,  104, 
159,  214 

—  Dinner  to,  39 

—  List  of  Members,  144 

—  Bibliography,  213,  231 
Philippines,  7,  28,  49,  67,  85,  135, 151 
Porto  Rico,  222 

Post  Cards,  Halfpenny,  of  Great 
Britain,  129 

—  History  of  those  of  Europe,  170 
Postage  Stamps  of  British  Colonies 

of  North  America,  161,  211 
Postal  Progress,  21 
Post  Office  Reforms,  177 
Prilouky,  50 

Queensland,  8,  29,  186,  204 

—  First  Issue  for.     By  A  F.  Basset 

Hull,  143 


INDEX. 


235 


Rajpeepla,  204 
Reunion,  84,  110 
Rostoff-on-Don,  136 
Roumania,  29,  67,  221 
Russia,  86,  111,  135,  151,  169,  221 
Russian  Locals,  8,  29,  50,  86,  135, 
205 

St.  Vincent,  50,  68,  169 
Salvador,  68,  136,  169,  186,  191,  207, 
221 

—  Stamps  of,  145,  191 
Schatz,  87 

Sedang  Stamps,  196 

Selangor,  152 

Shanghai,   87,   111,   136,    152,    169, 

186,  207 
Siam,  186 

Sierra  Leone,  9,  169 
Sirmoor,  30 
South  Australia,  207 
Spain,  187,  208,  222 
Spask  (Riazan),  206 
Sungei  Ujong,  137,  222 
Surinam,  68,  152 
Swaziland,  209 
Sweden,  9,  68,  170,  208,  222 
Switzerland,  30,  68,  87,  137,  187,  209 

—  Cantonal  Stamps  of,  227 

Tasmania,  30,  51,  87,  170 

—  Some  Stamps  of.    By  A.  F.  Basset 

Hull,  126,  154 


Tasmania,  A  Tasmanian  Resuscita- 
tion, 155 

Telegraph  Stamps,  31,  65,  87,  152, 
209,  222 

Tichvin,  206 

Tobago,  209,  223 

Transvaal,  On  Certain  Issues  of.  By 
F.  Jeppe,  97 

Travancore,  51,  87,  223 

Tschembar,  50 

Tscherdina,  136 

Tunis,  9,  31,  51 

Turkey,  87 

—  A  Variety  of  the  20  Paras,  1863. 

By  T.  K.  Tapling,  m.p.,  224 
Turks  Islands,  68,  112,  142,  153,  170 
Tver,  207 

United  States,  87,  137,  223,  224 
Uruguay,  224 

—  The  Stamps  of,  1 

Venezuela,  137 
Vice,  A  New,  193 
Victoria,  51,  216 
Virgin  Islands,  52,  137 

Wadwhan  State,  31 
Werchetour,  207 
Western  Australia,  88,  153 

Zadonsk,  87 
Zululand,  88,  153 


Stanley,  Gibbons  &  Co.,  8,  Gower  Street,  London,  W.C, 


A    CATALOGUE 


TELEGRAPH   STAMPS, 


Stopttr  jfonns,  etr. 


THE  EDITOR  OF  "THE  PHILATELIC  RECORD. 


LONDON: 
STANLEY,    GIBBONS    AND     CO., 

8,    GOWER    STREET,   W.C. 
1889. 


PREFACE 


THIS  Catalogue  has  been  compiled  by  the  Editor  of  The 
Philatelic  Record  chiefly  at  the  instance  of  subscribers  who 
are  members  of  the  Philatelic  Society  of  London ;  and  in  the 
compilation  of  it  he  has  had  the  valuable  assistance  of  the  President 
of  that  Society,  and  of  the  late  Secretary,  Mr.  E.  D.  Bacon. 
Almost  the  whole  have  been  described  from  specimens  partly 
collected  by  himself,  and  partly  from  those  in  the  collection  of  the 
Vice-President ;  while  M.  Moens  has  kindly  assisted  him  with  the 
loan  of  others.  It  was  intended  to  publish  sheets  of  the  various 
types  referred  to,  but  some  difficulties  have  occurred,  which  may 
possibly  be  overcome,  especially  if  it  is  found  that  the  publication 
of  this  Catalogue  has  been  conducive  to  the  collection  of  the 
stamps  of  what  has  now  become  almost  universally  a  branch  of 
the  Post  Office  service.  Wherever  such  amalgamation  exists,  the 
Government  issues  represent  the  charge  for  work  done  by  the  Post 
Office  as  an  organ  of  communication  equally  with  postage  stamps ; 
and  these  have  now  in  most  countries  been  made  available  for 
communications  either  by  telegraph  or  by  post.  In  a  complete 
catalogue  of  postage  stamps,  local  stamps  are  not  omitted,  and 
for  this  reason  the  principal  local  telegraph  stamps  have  been 
inserted  in  the  Catalogue. 

A  separate  title-page  is  given,  to  enable  subscribers  to  detach  the 
Catalogue  from  the  monthly  numbers  for  the  facility  of  reference. 


CHILI — COLOMBIA.  21 

CHILI. 
ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 
1883. — Arms  within  a  transverse  oval;  above,  is  a  curved 
tablet  inscribed  "telegrafos  del  estado;"  underneath,  a  scroll 
with  the  value  in  full.  In  the  lower  angles  are  the  numerals  of 
value  in  octagonal  frames,  with  chile  on  a  tablet  between.  The 
impression  is  on  plain  white  wove  paper;  perf.  12.      Type  J$. 


2  centavos,  chesnut-brown. 
10        „        olive-green. 
20        ,,        dark  blue. 


1  peso,  dark  brown. 
5  pesos,  vermilion. 
10      „      green. 


20  pesos  (?) 


COLOMBIA. 
ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 
1881. — Arms  on  an  uncoloured  ground,  enclosed  in  frames  of 
various  designs,  with  inscriptions  of  "  telegrafos  colombianos  " 
and  the  value  in  full.     Numerals  of  value  in  the  angles.     Litho- 
graphed on  plain  azure  wove  paper.      Types  JfS-Jj.6. 

5  centavos,  lilac.  20  centavos,  vermilion. 

10        „        pale  green.  50        „        pale  blue. 

Portrait  in  oval  frame,  with  a  tablet  inscribed  telegrafos 
colombianos  above,  and  the  value  in  full  on  a  horizontal  tablet 
underneath.  Numerals  of  value  in  the  angles.  Lithographed  on 
plain  straw-coloured  paper.     Type  J^7. 

1  peso,  bistre  on  straw. 

1881  (?). — Similar  designs  on  plain  yellowish  wove  paper. 

5  centavos,  Jilac-blue.  20  centavos,  vermilion. 

10        „        green.  50        „        violet. 

1882  (1). — Portrait  as  in  corresponding  value  1881. 

1  peso,  black  on  sea-green  and  on  pale  blue-green. 
1882-84. — Arms  as  in  1881,  but  colours  of  impression  altered. 

5  centavos,  blue  on  white. 
10        „        vermilion  on  white  and  azure. 
20        „        bistre  „  ,, 

50        „        violet  on  white. 

1886. — Modified  design;  the  winged  wheel  is  turned  on  one 
side,  and  there  are  lines  in  the  angles. 

20  centavos,  brown  on  white  wove. 

1st  June,  1888. — Arms  in  the  centre,  but  the  design  varies 
for  each  value.  The  inscription  is  "republica  de  Colombia," 
"telegrafos  nacionales,"  with  the  value.     Types  Jp8-50. 

5  centavos,  ochre  (?). 
10        „        bistre  on  yellowish  paper. 
20        „        blue  on  lilac. 
50        „        black  on  buff. 

1  peso,  green  (?). 

Note.— The  creation  of  the  stamps  of  5  centavos  and  1  peso  was  ordered 
in  the  decree  of  the  27th  April,  1888,  but  they  have  not  been  yet  seen. 

D 


22  A  CATALOGUE  OF  TELEGRAPH  STAMPS,  ETC. 

CUBA. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1868. — Head  of  Queen  Isabella  II.  to  the  left,  on  a  solid 
coloured  ground,  within  an  upright  oval  band,  inscribed  "cuba 
telegs  isgs"  in  the  upper  part,  and  the  value  in  the  lower  part. 
The  spandrels  are  filled  in  with  ornaments.  Impression  on  plain 
coloured  paper;  perforated  14.     Type  51. 

200  milesimas  de  escudo,  blue  on  salmon. 
500        ,,  „  brown  on  yellow. 

1  escudo,  orange  on  blue. 

1869.— Similar  to  the  last,  but  with  date  of  "1869."  Im- 
pression on  plain  white  paper ;  perforated  1 4. 

200  miles,  de  esc,  blue. 
500     ,,        „        brown. 
1  escudo,  orange. 

1869. — The  same,  with  surcharge  of  "habilitado  por  la 
nacion." 

200  miles,  de  esc,  blue  ;  surcharged  in  black,  also  in  blue. 
500    „  „      brown  „  „  „ 

1  escudo,  orange  „  „  „ 

1870. — Arms  of  Spain,  surmounted  by  a  mural  crown,  on  a 
ground  of  horizontal  lines  within  an  oval  band.  Inscription  as 
before,  with  date  "1870."  Impression  on  plain  white  wove 
paper;   perforated  14.       Type  52. 

1  escudo,  dull  blue. 

1  ,,       ultramarine. 

2  pesetas,  mauve,  and  imperf . 


200  miles,  de  esc,  brown. 
200  „  „  bistre. 
500     „        „   carmine,  and  imperf. 

July,  1870.— The  same,  dated  "  1870-71, 


\  peseta,  green.  2  pesetas,  lilac  (shades). 

1      „      blue.  4      ,,        vermilion. 

1871. — Arms  of  Spain,  surmounted  by  a  royal  crown,  on  a 
ground  of  horizontal  lines  within  an  oval  band.  Inscription  as 
before,  but  with  date  "  1871."  Impression  on  plain  white  wove 
paper ;  perforated  1 4.     Type  53. 

50  cent-peseta,  green.  2  pesetas,  bistre. 

1  peseta,  pink.  4      „        blue. 

1872. — Same  arms,  with  the  addition  of  the  Savoy  cross  on  a 
shield  of  pretence,  all  on  a  ground  of  horizontal  lines.  Same 
inscription.  Dated  "  1872."  Impression  on  plain  white  wove 
paper ;  perforated  1 4.     Type  51/.. 

50  cent-peseta,  purple.  2  pesetas,  green. 

1  peseta,  blue.  4      „        pale  violet. 

January,  1873. — The  same  arms.  Same  inscription.  Dated 
"  1873."     Impression  and  perforation  as  before. 

1  peseta,  green.  4  pesetas,  mauve. 

2  pesetas,  blue.  4      ,,        pearl  grey. 


CUBA.  23 

January,  1874. — Arms  of  Spain,  surmounted  by  a  mural 
crown.  Same  inscription.  Dated  "  1874."  Impression  and  per- 
foration as  before.     Type  55. 

1  peseta,  red-brown,  and  imperforate. 

2  pesetas,  light  bistre. 

4      „        chesnut-brown. 

January,  1875. — Arms  of  Spain,  surmounted  by  a  mural 
crown,  within  a  rectangular  frame ;  "  cub  a  telegs  "  on  a  straight 
label  at  the  top,  and  the  value  on  a  similar  tablet  at  the  foot. 
Impression  on  plain  white  wove  paper ;  perforated  1 4  and  im- 
perforate.    Type  56* 

1  peseta,  green.  |         2  pesetas,  ultramarine-blue. 

4  pesetas,  carmine. 

January,  1876. — Head  in  profile  to  the  right  of  Alfonso  XII., 
on  a  ground  of  horizontal  lines  within  an  oval  enclosed  in  a 
rectangular  frame,  in  the  upper  part  of  which  is  "  cuba  tels  1878," 
and  the  value  in  the  lower  part.  In  the  corners  are  emblems  of 
provinces.     Impression  on  plain  white  wove  paper.     Type  57. 

1  peseta,  dark  green  ;  perf.  14  and  imperf. 

2  pesetas,  blue  „  „ 
4      „        carmine  and  pink  ;  perf.  14. 

January,  1877. — Arms  of  Castile  and  Leon  quartered  on  a 
shield,  with  the  Bourbon  arms  on  a  shield  of  pretence,  surmounted 
by  a  royal  crown,  the  whole  on  a  horizontally-lined  ground  within 
a  rectangular  frame,  with  "cuba  tels  1877"  on  an  uncoloured 
tablet  at  the  top,  and  a  similar  tablet  with  the  value  at  the 
bottom.  Impression  on  plain  white  wove  paper;  perf.  14  and 
imperforate.     Type  58. 

1  peseta,  bistre.         |       2  pesetas,  green  and  bright  green. 
4  pesetas,  green. 

January,  1878.— The  same,  but  with  date  of  "  1878." 

1  peseta,  green  ;  perf.  14  and  imperforate. 

2  pesetas,  blue  „  „ 
4      „       brown ;  perf.  14. 

January,  1879.— The  same,  with  date  of  "  1879." 
1  peseta,  pink.  2  pesetas,  blue. 

4  pesetas,  blue-green. 

January,  1880. — Arms  of  Spain  on  a  shield,  with  the 
Bourbon  arms  on  a  shield  of  pretence,  surmounted  by  a  royal 
crown,  the  whole  on  a  horizontally-lined  ground  within  a  rect- 
angular frame,  with  "cuba  tels  isso"  on  an  uncoloured  tablet  at 
the  top,  and  the  value  at  the  bottom  on  a  similar  tablet.  Im- 
pression on  plain  white  wove  paper;  perforated  14.     Type  59. 

1  peseta,  green.  |  2  pesetas,  red-brown. 

4  pesetas,  blue. 

January,  1881.— The  same,  but  with  date  of  "1881." 

20  c.  de  peso,  bistre.  |  40  c.  de  peso,  violet-red. 

SO  c.  de  peso,  green. 


24  A  CATALOGUE  OF  TELEGRAPH  STAMPS,  ETl. 

January,  1882.  —  Similar  arms,  but  the  inscription  on  the 
upper  tablet  is  "  cuba-telegrafos."  Impression  and  perforation 
as  before.     Type  60. 

20  c.  de  peso,  green.  |       40  c.  de  peso,  ultramarine-blue. 

SO  c.  de  peso,  bistre. 

June,  1883. — Stamps  of  the  issue  of  January,  1882,  surcharged 
in  red  with  the  five  varieties  of  designs,  similar  to  those  found  on 
the  postage  stamps  of  1883. 

40  c.  de  peso,  ultramarine-blue  ;  surcharged  in  red  (5  varieties). 

January,- 1884. — Same  as  stamps  of  1882,  but  colours  altered. 

20  c.  de  peso,  bistre.  40  c.  de  peso,  yellow-green. 

SO  c.  de  peso,  ultramarine-blue. 

January,   1888. — Same  as  stamps  of  1882,  but  colours  varied. 

20  c.  de  peso,  yellow-green.  |        40  c.  de  peso,  ultramarine-blue. 

SO  c.  de  peso,  bistre. 


DENMAEK. 

COPENHAGEN. 

ADHESIVE   STAMPS. 

1st  September,  1880. — In  1880  a  concession  was  granted 
for  the  establishment  of  a  local  or  Bypost  for  Copenhagen  and 
for  a  "  Hus  telegraf."  The  concessit} nnaires  accordingly  issued  a 
series  of  stamps  of  various  designs,  in  all  of  which  three  towers 
and  a  liberal  supply  of  thunderbolts  form  the  principal  features. 
The  stamps  of  1  ore  up  to  5  ore  are  all  of  the  same  type ;  but 
those  of  10,  25,  and  50  ore  are  of  separate  types.  The  impression  is 
on  plain  white  wove  paper,  and  the  perforation  is  11.    Types  61-64- 


1  ore,  brown. 

2  „    carmine. 

3  ..    French  blue. 
3    „    yellow  (1881). 


4  ore,  blue-green. 

5  „    red-brown. 

10    „    violet,  black,  and  gold. 
25    „    blue,  black,  and  gold. 


50  ore,  blue,  black,  and  gold. 

Imperforate, 

3  ore,  yellow.  1      10  ore,  violet,  black,  and  gold. 


5    „    red-brown.  25    .,    blue,  black,  and  gold. 

Note.— The  10  ore  has  telbgam  by  mistake  in  the  inscription. 

January,  1882. — Stamp  of  50  ore  of  the  above  series  sur- 
charged in  black  with  "  10  "  sideways,  and  the  stamp  perforated 
across  horizontally.      Type  65. 

10  ore  on  50  ore),  blue,  black,  and  gold  ;  surcharge  in  black. 

February,  1882.— Stamp  of  10  ore  of  the  type  of  1880,  with 
the  mistake  in  the  inscription  corrected.  Impression  on  plain 
white  wove  paper. 

10  ore,  red  and  blue  ;  perforated  11  and  imperforate. 


DOMINICAN    REPUBLIC — EGYPT.  -•> 

TELEGRAPH   CARDS. 

EXPRESS   BREVKORT. 

1st  February,  1881. — Form  within  a  double-lined  frame, 
printed  in  black,  and  with  adhesive  stamp  of  10  ore  of  1880 
affixed  in  right  upper  angle. 

10  ore,  black,  blue,  and  gold  on  white. 
Reply  card  of  similar  design,  but  of  smaller  dimensions. 
10  + 10  ore,  black,  blue,  and  gold  on  white. 

End  Of  January,  1882. — Similar  form,  with  adhesive  stamp 

of  3  ore,  type  of  1880.    n  .. 

J  r  3  ore,  yellow  on  white. 

17th  February,  1882. — Similar  form,  but  without  frame, 
with  stamp  of  Type  66  in  an  oval  in  the  right  upper  angle. 
Impression  in  blue  on  white  card. 

3  ore,  dark  blue. 

20th  March,  1882. — Similar  form  to  last,  with  a  stamp  of 
Type  67  in  a  circle  in  the  right  upper  angle.  Impression  in  red 
on  white  card.  10  ore,  red. 

1st  November,  1882. — The  same,  with  the  addition  in  the 
right  lower  angle  of  2det  oplag. 

10  ore,  red. 

Note. — In  the  following  year  this  local  post  was  disposed  of  to  other 
parties,  who  ceased  to  occupy  themselves  with  telegraph  business. 

There  are  certain  stamps  issued  by  local  posts  at  Aarhus  and 
Horsens,  inscribed  "telefon  og  bypost,"  but  which  do  not 
appear  to  merit  description.  Those  of  Aarhus  are  described  in 
the  Phil.  Record,  vol.  ix.  p.  27 ;  those  of  Horsens,  vol.  viii.  p.  188. 

DOMINIC  AN    KEPUBLIC. 

1886  (?). — Numeral,  with  denomination  under,  on  an  uncoloured 
square  in  the  centre.  A  curved  scroll  above  is  inscribed  "  cIE 
des  telegraphes,"  and  an  upturned  curve  below,  "republique 
dominicaine,"  the  words  "  de  la  "  being  in  the  groundwork  above 
the  square.  A  Greek-patterned  rectangular  frame  encloses  the 
whole.  The  impression  is  on  plain  white  paper,  and  the  per- 
foration is  14.     Type  68. 

25  centimes,  green.  1  pesetas  {sic),  brown. 

50        „         yellow.  5      „       blue. 

10  pesetas,  red. 

EGYPT. 

In  the  year  1885  some  stamps  printed  in  England  from  the 
"  unappropriated  dies "  were  sent  to  Egypt,  for  the  use  of  the 
military  service  there,  and  were  overprinted  in  that  country  with 
the  words  "Military  telegraphs."  No  specimens  of  this  issue 
have  been  found.  (See  Phil.  Record,  vol.  ix.  p.  118.) 


l'G  a  catalogue  of  telegraph  stamps,  etc. 

September,  1885. — Stamps  printed  from  the  "unappropriated 
dies "  overprinted  in  England  with  "  Military  Telegraphs "  in 
various  colours,  and  with  the  additional  surcharge  in  black  of  what 
is  deemed  the  equivalent  in  Egyptian  currency.     Types  69-71. 


1  penny,  purple ; 

wink.  • 

'orb;"'  ovei 

pri 

nted  in  blk. ;  surct 

u  "one  dime." 

2  pence        „ 

ii 

ii 

blue        „ 

"two  dimes." 

3     „ 

ii 

ii 

brown     „ 

"five  dimes." 

6      ii            ii 

ii 

ii 

green     „ 

"  one  piastre." 

8      ii            ii 

ii 

carmine  „ 

"two  piastres." 

1  shilling,  green 

wmk. 

"V.R." 

ii 

black      ., 

"five  piastres." 

o 

*     ii            ii 

ii 

ii 

blue       „ 

"ten  piastres." 

5          J)                       )) 

ii 

ii 

mauve    ,, 

"  five  piastres." 

10     „ 

ii 

ii 

Caroline  „ 

"fifty  piastres." 

1  pound,  purple ; 

wmk. 

' orbs  n 

ii 

black ; 

surch.  "one 

hundred  piasts." 

FEANCE. 

1.— ADHESIVE   STAMPS. 

1st  January,  1868. — Eagle,  with  a  crown  above,  within  an 
upright  oval  coloured  band,  inscribed  in  the  upper  part  "empire 
francais,"  and  in  the  lower  "  telegraphes."  Typographed  on 
plain  white  paper.     Type  72. 

25  centimes,  carmine.  1  franc,  ochre-yellow. 

50        „         green.  2      „     violet. 

14th  January,  1868.— The  same,  perforated  12J. 
25  centimes,  carmine.  1  franc,  ochre  and  orange-yellow. 

50        „        green  and  pale  green,  j      2     „     violet  and  mauve. 

2.— TELEGRAM  CARDS. 
May,  1879. — Card  headed  "service  telegraphique — tubes 
pneumatiques  carte- telegraxme"  for  circulation  within  the 
former  limits  of  the  Paris  Octroi.  On  the  left  these  limits  are 
defined ;  and  at  the  bottom,  on  the  left,  is  a  uotice  that  the 
delivery  is  free,  and  the  number  of  words  not  limited.  In  the 
right  upper  angle  is  a  stamp  of  50  centimes,  of  the  type  of  the 
current  postage  adhesive  stamps,  but  without  the  word  poste. 
Type  73.  50  centimes,  pink  on  buff. 

April,  1880. — Similar  card,  except  that  the  stamp  is  altered 
to  one  having  as  its  design  a  figure  of  a  woman  seated,  holding  a 
cornucopia  in  her  left  hand  and  a  sceptre  in  her  right,  the  arm 
resting  on  an  oval  shield  bearing  the  numeral  of  value.  In  the 
upper  part  of  the  rectangle  is  "republique  francaise,"  in  a 
curve,  on  a  horizontally-lined  background,  and  "  telegraphe  "  on 
a  plain,  straight,  uncoloured  tablet  at  the  foot.  Type  7Jf. 
50  centimes,  pink  on  buff. 

June,  1880. — The  two  preceding  cards,  surcharged  slantingly, 
in  black,  to  the  left  of  the  stamp,  with  "  taxe  reduite,"  and 
"  30c "  below,  the  value  in  the  stamp  being  barred  by  six  black 
horizontal  lines. 


FRANCE.  '1  / 

30  centimes  (on  50  c.),  pink  on  buff;  type  1879  ;  surch.  in  black. 

30        „  „  „  „      1880 

30        ,,  „  brown-red  on  buff;  type  1880;  surch.  in  black. 

Note.— M.  Moens  catalogues  the  latter,  but  it  has  not  come  under  our 
notice,  though  it  doubtless  exists.  Some  slight  errors  in  the  stamping  of 
the  surcharge  are  occasionally  found. 

October,  1880. — Same  as  the  issue  of  April,  1880,  except 
that  "  30  "  is  inserted  in  lieu  of  "  50." 

30  centimes,  pink  on  buff. 

April,  1882. — Similar  card  to  that  of  April,  1880,  but  the 
words  "  tubes  pneumatiques  "  are  removed  to  the  left  side,  with 
indications  underneath  as  to  the  parts  of  a  plan  of  Paris,  coloured 
in  pink  and  blue,  printed  on  the  front,  to  which  the  service  has 
been  and  will  be  extended. 

30  centimes,  black  on  buff. 

June,  1883. — Similar  to  the  last,  but  with  altered  indications, 
showing  the  parts  to  which  the  service  had  been  extended  since 
1st  April  preceding.    30  centimes,  black  on  buff. 

1st  April,  1884. — Similar  to  the  last,  but  showing  the  parts 
to  which  the  service  had  been  extended  since  1st  February  pre- 
ceding. (Phil.  Record,  vol.  vi.  p.  126.) 

30  centimes,  black  on  buff. 

February,  1885. — Same  as  last,  with  surcharge,  in  red, 
"  Valable  pour  tout  Paris"  applied  obliquely. 

30  centimes,  black  on  buff,  with  red  surcharge. 

July,  1885. — Similar  to  the  last,  but  the  heading  in  different 
type ;  and  in  place  of  the  inscriptions  on  the  left  side  there  is  the 
simple  notice,  that  this  telegram  can  circulate  in  Paris  within  the 
limits  of  the  fortifications.    30  centimes,  black  on  buff. 

Note.— The  same  is  found  on  card  more  highly  glazed. 

3.— TELEGRAM  CARDS,  WITH  REPLY. 

April,  1880. — Similar  to  the  single  cards  of  this  date.   Printed 
on  the  first  and  third  sides,  and  hinged  at  the  top. 
50  +  50  centimes,  pink  on  buff. 

June,  1880. — The  same,  surcharged  similarly  to  the  single  one 
of  same  date.     30 +  30  centimes,  pink  on  buff,  surch.  in  black. 

February,  1882. — Similar  card,  corresponding  to  the  single 
one  of  October,  1880.     30  +  30  centimes,  pink  on  buff. 

January,  1887. — Same  as  last,  surcharged  in  black,  obliquely, 
"  Valable  pour  tout  Paris." 

30  +  30  centimes,  pink  on  buff,  surcharge  in  black. 

1887. — Similar  card,  corresponding  to  the  single  card  of  July, 

1885, 


28  A  CATALOGUE  OF  TELEGRAPH  STAMPS,  ETC. 

4.— TELEGRAM  LETTERS. 

1st  May,  1879. — Forms  similar  to  an  ordinary  letter-card,  but 
of  thin  blue  paper,  perforated  all  round,  and  gummed  round  the 
three  sides  of  the  upper  half,  with  inscriptions  somewhat  similar 
to  those  on  the  cards  of  the  same  date,  but  headed  "  telegramme  " 
in  place  of  "carte-telegramme."  Stamp  of  the  design  of  the 
postage  stamp  in  right  upper  angle.  Type  73. 
75  centimes,  black  on  blue. 

1st  June,  1880. — The  same,  with  oblique  surcharge,  in  red, 
of  "taxe  reduite  50c/'  and  the  original  value  barred  with  six 
lines  in  red.        50  centimes,  black  on  blue,  surch.  in  red. 

January,  1881. — Similar  to  the  form  of  1st  May,  1879,  but 
with  telegraph  stamp  of  50  c.     Type  74-. 

50  centimes,  black  on  blue. 

November,  1882. — Similar  to  the  preceding,  but  with  a  plan 
of  Paris,  coloured  in  violet  and  red-brown. 

50  centimes,  black  on  blue. 

April,  1883. — Similar  to  the  last,  but  with  the  shading  of  the 
plan  altered  to  correspond  with  the  additions  to  the  service  since 
1st  April.  50  centimes,  black  on  blue. 

1st  April,  1884. — Similar  to  the  last,  but  with  plan  altered, 
showing  the  additions  to  the  service  since  1st  February  preceding. 
(Phil.  Record,  vol.  vi.  p.  126.)    50  centimes,  black  on  blue. 

15th  January,  1885. — Same  as  last,  but  with  the  addition  of 
the  surcharge  "  Valable  pour  tout  Paris"  applied  obliquely  in  red. 
(See  Phil.  Record,  vol.  vi.  p.  228.) 

50  centimes,  black  on  blue,  surch.  in  red. 
July,   1885. — Similar  form,  but  with  inscriptions  on  the  left 
suppressed,  and  without  any  plan. 

50  centimes,  black  on  blue. 
Note. — There  are  two  perforations  of  these  sheets,  the  earlier  being  10J 
and  the  later  11  J,  and  instances  are  known  of  the  sides  not  being  perforated. 

5.— TELEGRAM  LETTER,  WITH  REPLY  PAID. 
15th  December,  1884. — Form  similar  to  that  of  July,  1885, 
with  the  addition  under  the  heading  of  li  Avec  reponse  payee 
d'avance."  To  the  right  side  a  coupon  is  attached  by  a  line  of 
perforations,  entitling  the  addressee  to  a  blue  telegram  letter  with- 
out charge.   (Phil.  Record,  vol.  vi.  p.  212.) 

1  franc,  black  on  rose-pink. 

6.— TELEGRAM  AUTHORITY  FOR  PAYMENT. 
15th  December,  1884. — A  double  letter  card,  with  stamps  of 
30  c.  of  the  telegraph  type  (1880),  the  first  part  inscribed  "  bureau 

de  poste  no Paris  ; "  and  on  the  back  are  instructions  to  the 

effect  that  the  first  part  applies  to  a  demand  for  withdrawal.  The 
second  part,  addressed  to  the  National  Savings  Bank,  gives  the 
requisite  authority.    30  +  30  centimes,  black  on  buff. 


GERMANY.  29 

7.— TELEGRAM    ENVELOPE. 

15th  January,  1885. — Envelope  of  thin  pink  wove  paper, 
115  x  74  mm.,  with  divers  notices  on  the  flap  printed  in  carmine, 
with  stamp  in  carmine  of  the  telegraph  type  (1880).  (Phil.  Record, 
vol.  vi.  p.  228.) 

75  centimes,  carmine  on  pink. 

8.— TELEPHONE   STAMPS. 

1886  (I).— Telegraph  stamp  (type  1880)  to  the  right  of  a  label, 
67x31^  mm.  j  to  the  left  are  the  inscriptions,  "Ministere  des 
Postes  et  des  Telegraphes" — "telephones" — "Bulletin  de  con- 
versation," &c.  (Phil.  Record,  vol.  viii.  p.  136),  the  whole  on  a 
coloured  ground.     Perforated  12£. 

25  c,  blue  on  light  buff,  for  provincial  towns. 
50  c. ,  pink  on  light  pink,  for  Paris. 


GEKMANY. 
ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

I.— GERMANIC  CONFEDERATION. 

July,  1869. — Numeral  of  value  in  black,  printed  over  a 
coloured  background  of  radiating  network  within  a  pearled  circle, 
within  which  is  "  norddeutsche  bundes  telegraphie."  On  a 
straight  solid  coloured  tablet  at  the  foot  is  "  groschen,"  in 
uncoloured  letters.  Impression  on  plain  white  wove  paper;  per- 
forated 14.     Type  75. 


\  groschen,  blue  and  black. 

A4  55  55  55 

-2  J?  5  5  >5 

4 


5  groschen,  blue  and  black. 


10 
30 


2.— GERMAN  EMPIRE. 

November,  1873.— Similar  in  design  to  the  preceding,  but 
with  inscription  altered  to  "  telegraphie  des  deutschen  reiches." 
The  denomination  in  the  tablet  at  the  foot  is  overprinted  in  black 
on  a  reticulated  ground.  Impression  on  plain  white  wove  paper ; 
perforated  14.     Type  76. 

5  groschen,  blue  and  black. 


\  groschen,  blue  an 

d  black. 

5 

ii 

A4              55                     55 

?> 

8 

2*        „ 

55 

10 

4 

55 

30 

1st  January,  1875. — Same  as  the  last,  but  with  the  de- 
nomination changed  to  pfennig  and  marks.  Impression  on  plain 
white  wove  paper;  perforated  14. 


3  pfennig,  blue  and  black. 

r. 

"  55  55  55 

10  „ 
25 

*">  55  55  55 

4U  u  ij  11 


50  pfennig,  blue  and  black. 

80  »  55  55 

1  mark,  blue  and  red. 

2  marks  „ 

•J  11  11 


30  A  CATALOGUE  OF  TELEGRAPH  STAMPS,  ETC. 

PNEUMATIC  POST  OF  BERLIN. 
1.— ENVELOPE. 

1st  December,   1876. — Envelope,  size  126  x  81  mm.,  of  plain 
rose-coloured  wove  paper,  inscribed   '•  rohrpost-brief"  in  black, 
with  stamp  of  the  type  of  the  embossed  adhesive  postage  stamps. 
30  pfennig,  dark  blue  on  rose. 

2.— CARDS. 

1st  December,  1876.  —  Card  with  inscriptions  in  black, 
"DturscHE  reichsfost"  and  '-'rohrpost  karte"  below.  Stamp 
of  the  type  of  the  current  embossed  postal  adhesives  in  the  right 
upper  angle.     Size  140  x  88  mm. 

25  pfennig,  brown  on  rose. 

1st  June,  1877.— The  same;  size  125  x  88  mm. 
■25  pfennig,  brown  on  rose. 

January,   1882. — The  same,  but  the  figure  5  has  a  curled  top. 
25  pfennig,  brown  on  rose. 

January,  1885. — The  same,  but  the  figure  2  is  different,  and 
the  5  has  a  straight  top. 

25  pfennig,  brown  on  rose. 

3.— REPLY  CARDS. 

20th  April,  1877. — Reply  card,  corresponding  in  design  to 
the  single  card  of  1st  June,  1877. 

25  +  25  pfennig,  brown  on  rose. 

End  Of  1883. — Similar  card,  corresponding  in  design  to  the 
single  card  of  January,  1882. 

25  +  25  pfennig,  brown  on  rose. 

TELEGRAPH  STAMPS  FOR  TEE  BERLIN  BOURSE. 
ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

15th  June,   1864. — Xurneral  of  value  within  a  circular  band 

on  solid  ground  of  colour,  the  band  engine-turned,  and  inscribed  in 

the  upper  part  "  k.  pr.  telegraph,  marke,"  and  in  the  lower  part 

"silb.  gr."    Embossed  on  plain  white  paper;  rouletted.    Type  77. 

8  silbergr.,  black.  12  silbergr.,  black. 

10        „  „  I  15        „ 

1st  October,   1867. — Similar  stamps  ;  same  design. 
2|  silbergr. ,  black.  |  5  silbergr. ,  black. 

1868  (1).     The  same,  on  bluish  paper. 


2i  silbergr.,  black. 

5 

8 


10  silbergr..  black. 

12        „ 

15 


GREAT    BRITAIN.  31 

GEEAT  BEITAIN. 
ADHESIVE    STAMPS. 

1st  February,  1876. — Head  of  Queen  Victoria  to  the  left  on 
a  ground  of  horizontal  lines,  in  frames  of  various  shapes,  within 
transverse  rectangular  oblongs.  Impression  in  colour  on  white 
watermarked  paper;  perforated  14.      Types  78-81. 

1  penny,  red-brown  ;  wmk.  shamrock.     Plates  1,  2,  3,  4. 

3  pence,  carmine  ;  wmk.  spray  of  rose.     Plates  1,  2,  3. 

1  shilling,  green  and  greyish-green ;  wmk.  spray  of  rose.  Plates  1,  2,  3, 
4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10. 

5  shillings,  pink  ;  wmk.  croix  patee.    Plates  1,  2,  3. 

1st  March,  1877. — Head  of  Queen  Victoria  to  the  left  on  a 
ground  of  horizontal  lines,  in  frames  of  various  shapes,  within 
transverse  rectangular  oblongs.  Impression  in  colour  on  white 
watermarked  paper.     Types  82-87. 

4  pence,  pale  sage-green  ;  wmk.  garter.    Plate  1.    Perf.  14. 

6  pence,  greenish-grey  ;  wmk.  spray  of  rose.    Plate  1.     Perf.  14. 
3  shillings,  slate-blue  ;  wmk.  spray  of  rose.    Plate  1.    Perf.  14. 
10        „        green-grey ;  wmk.  croix  patee.     Plate  1.     Perf.  15. 
1  pound,  brown- violet ;  wmk.  shamrocks.    Plate  1.     Perf.  14. 

5  pounds,  orange- vermilion  ;  wmk.  shamrocks.     Plate  1.    Perf.  15. 

1st  April,  1880. — Similar  to  the  1  penny,  1876,  except  the 
value.  Impression  on  white  paper,  watermarked  with  "shamrock;" 
perforated  14.     Type  88. 

Halfpenny,  orange-vermilion.    Plate  5. 
1880  (?). — Stamp   of   preceding  issue,  on  paper   watermarked 
with  "  spray  of  rose ; "  perforated  as  before. 

1  shilling,  light  brown-red  ;  wmk.  spray  of  rose.    Plates  10,  12. 

1881. — Stamps  of  the  preceding  issues,  on  paper  watermarked 
"Crown,  1880;"  perforated  as  before. 

3  pence,  carmine ;  wmk.  "  Crown,  1880."    Plate  3,  4, 5. 

6      „      greenish-grey         „  „  Plate  2. 

1  shilling,  light  brown-red   „  „  Plates  11,  12. 

Note.— The  above  stamps  continued  in  use  up  to  the  close  of  1881,  when 
the  remaining  stock  was  withdrawn  and  destroyed. 

TELEGRAPH  FORMS. 

December,  1869. — Form  printed  in  black,  bearing  a  dated 
embossed  envelope  stamp  of  one  shilling,  of  the  type  of  the 
adhesive  stamp  of  September,  1847,  in  the  right  upper  angle  of  a 
sheet  (ll|x8J  inches)  of  thin  white  wove  paper,  and  with  in- 
structions on  the  back.  Kuled  for  fifty  words. 
1  shilling,  yellow-green. 

October,  1871. — Similar  form,  with  modified  instructions. 
Ruled  for  forty  words,     l  shilling,  yellow-green. 

May,  1873. — Similar  form,  with  instructions  removed  from  the 
back  to  the  front.     Euled  for  forty  words. 
1  shilling,  yellow-green. 


32  A  CATALOGUE  OF  TELEGRAPH  STAMPS,  ETC. 

1874. — Form  of  small  size  (8|  x  5f  inches),  the  instructions 
being  removed  to  the  back.     Ruled  for  thirty  words. 
1  shilling,  yellow-green. 

1875. — Form  similar  to  the  last,  but  stamped  with  a  dated 
embossing  stamp  of  the  Queen's  head  on  a  solid  ground, 
enclosed  in  a  circular  border.  Eound  the  inner  circle  is  a  row 
of  pearls,  and  on  the  border  an  engine-turned  pattern,  in  which 
is  introduced  "  telegraphs  "  in  the  upper  part,  and  "  one 
shilling  "  in  the  lower  part,  and  date  plugs  inserted  in  the  border. 
White  wove  paper;  imprint  of  u  Millington."  Killed  for  thirty 
words.     Size  8f  x  5f  inches.      Type  89. 

1  shilling,  yellow-green. 

1875. — Similar  form,  but  size  reduced  to  8f  x  5^  inches.  Imprint 
of  "Millington."  1  shilling,  yellow-green. 

1875. — Similar  form,  with  imprint  of  "  Truscott."  Size  8f  x  5J 
inches.  1  shilling,  yellow-green. 

1876. — Similar  form,  but  with  "Notice  to  sender"  on  front. 
Size  8f  x  5 \  inches.     Imprint  of  "  Truscott." 
1  shilling,  yellow-green. 

December,  1881. — Form  of  1875,  stamped  with  dated  em- 
bossed envelope  stamp  of  one  shilling  (type  of  adhesive  of  1857). 
Plain  white  wove  paper.  Instructions  on  the  back.  Imprint  of 
"  Truscott."  l  shilling,  yellow-green. 

1882. — Similar  form.     White  laid  paper,  similarly  stamped  to 
the  last.     "  Notice  to  sender"  on  back.     Imprint  of  "  Harrison" 
1  shilling,  yellow-green. 

1883. — Form  8f  x  7  J  inches,  of  white  laid  paper,  with  similar 
stamp,  without  any  instructions,  headed  "Form  for  Inland  Tele- 
grams forwarded  from  Stock  Exchange  Offices  only." 
1  shilling,  yellow-green. 

1st  October,  1885. — In  consequence  of  the  alteration  in  the 
rates  for  the  transmission  of  telegrams,  the  form  was  modified,  and 
notice  at  the  foot  introduced,  to  the  effect  that  the  telegram  was 
accepted  subject  to  the  regulations  made  pursuant  to  the  Telegraph 
Act  1885.  Size  8f  x  5f  inches.  Impression  in  black  on  plain 
white  wove  paper,  with  dated  embossed  envelope  stamp  of  sixpence 
(type  of  adhesive  of  1856). 

6  pence,  lilac. 

1st  April,  1889. — Form  headed  "post  office  telegraphs," 
— "foreign    and    colonial    telegrams" — "For    use    at    Stock 
Exchange  only" — with  embossed  stamp  of  tenpence  (type  1848). 
Impression  on  plain  white  wove  paper.     Size  10  x  7|  inches. 
10  pence  sky-blue. 

Variety. — Same  form,  with  the  addition,  in  the  blank  for  the 
address,  of  "bourse — paris." 


GREAT   BRITAIN.  33 

TELEGRAPH  CARDS. 

1st  April,  1872. — Form  printed  in  black  on  thick  white  card, 
size  120x78  mm.,  ruled  in  five  lines  for  twenty  words,  with 
instructions  above  the  first  line,  "  One  word  only,"  &c.  Stamped 
in  the  left  upper  angle  with  the  embossed  dated  envelope  stamp  of 
one  shilling.  On  the  back  of  the  card  is  "postal  telegraph 
card,"  followed  by  "  For  Inland  Telegrams  only,"  the  Royal  Arms 
separating  the  two  first  words  from  the  other  two.  The  Arms,  with 
supporters,  measure  22  mm.  along  the  base. 
1  shilling,  yellow-green. 

Variety. — Same,  with  "One"  on  the  face  reading  "Ono." 

August,  1874. — Similar  card,  but  measuring  only  120  x  76  mm. 
Arms  on  the  back  measure  25  mm. 

1  shilling,  yellow-green. 
Note. — The  issue  of  these  cards  was  discontinued  in  1876. 

PRIVATE  TELEGRAPHS. 

Bonelli's  Electric  Telegraph  Company. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1861. — Mercury,  holding  a  caduceus,  within  a  circular  garter 
inscribed  with  a  motto.  Above  this  is  the  value  in  full,  and  below  is 
the  control  number  in  black.  In  the  rectangular  frame  is  the  name 
of  the  company.  Lithographed  on  plain  white  paper ;  perforated 
12i      Type  90. 

3  pence,  yellow-green.  9  pence,  light  blue. 

6      „      black,  and  imperforate.  1  shilling,  vermilion. 

1868. — Similar  design.  Control  number  in  red-brown,  not 
preceded  by  "  N°."  Lithographed  on  plain  white  paper ;  per- 
forated 13.      Type  91.    3  pence,  brown-bistre. 

British  and  Irish  Magnetic  Telegraph  Company. 

This  company,  in  1857,  absorbed  the  English  and  Irish  Magnetic 
Telegraph  Company,  which  had  issued  the  stamps  next  described 
in  1853. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1853. — Stamps  of  large  dimensions,  lithographed  on  plain  thin 
white  wove  paper,  having  for  design  a  streamer  flowing  from  the 
head  of  a  spear,  making  three  folds  across  the  stamp  in  face  of  a 
large  eight-rayed  star,  and  inscribed  in  the  first  and  third  fold  with 

"THE    ENGLISH    AND    IRISH    MAGNETIC    TELEGRAPH    CO.,"    and    in    the 

centre  one  with  the  name  of  the  secretary  in  script.  At  the  top  is 
a  tablet  inscribed  "  frank  stamp,"  and  between  the  second  and  third 
folds  of  the  streamer  the  value  is  inserted.     Type  92. 

1  shilling,  black.  2  shillings  and  6  pence,  blue. 

1  shilling  and  6  pence,  lilac.  4  shillings,  pale  red. 

5  shillings,  green. 


34  A  CATALOGUE  OF  TELEGRAPH  STAMPS,  ETC. 

1857. — Stamp  of  smaller  dimensions.  Across  the  face  is  a  plain 
tablet  to  receive  the  control  number,  either  in  black  or  red.  In  an 
arch  above  is  the  name  of  the  company,  "British  and  irish 
magnetic  telegraph  co.,  limited,"  and  at  the  top  a  plain  straight 
tablet,  inscribed  with  "  frank  stamp."  Under  the  control  tablet 
is  the  name  of  the  secretary.  Lithographed  in  black  on  coloured 
wove  paper,  watermarked  with  thunderbolts  and  the  company's 
name;  perforated  13,  13 J.     Type  93. 

3  pence,  on  white  ;  perf.  13,  13i. 
6  pence,  on  flesh  ;  ,, 

1  shilling,  on  lavender    „ 

1  shilling  and  6  pence,  on  grey  ;  perf.  13. 
Is.  6d.,  on  grey;  perf.  13,  13^. 

2  shillings,  on  bright  yellow  ;  perf.  13,  13^. 
2s.  6d.,  on  olive-yellow;  perf.  13?. 

3  shillings,  on  pink  ;  perf.  13,  13J. 

4  „        on  pale  green ;     „ 

5  „        on  pale  blue ;      „ 


Electric  Telegraph  Company. 
TELEGRAPH  FORM. 

1851. — Form  lithographed  in  black,  on  a  sheet  of  pink  wove 
paper,  watermarked  with  the  name  of  the  company,  and  on  which 
is  embossed  the  seal  of  the  company.      Type  94-. 
One  shilling,  blue  on  pink. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1852. — Stamps  of  large  dimensions,  52  x  67  mm.,  with  the 
name  of  the  company,  under  which  is  "  franked  message," 
followed  by  "of  20  words  under  50  (100)  miles,"  or  "above  100 
miles,"  and  various  notices,  the  whole  within  a  rectangular  frame. 
Engraved  and  lithographed  on  coloured  paper  in  black.     Type  95. 

Under  50  miles,  pink.         |         Under  100  miles,  deep  blue. 
Above  100  miles,  white. 

1853. — Stamps  of  similar  dimensions,  and  similarly  entitled, 
but  with  the  value  inserted  in  place  of  the  distance  for  which  the 
stamp  franked  the  message.  Engraved  and  lithographed  in  black 
on  coloured  paper.     Type  96. 


3  pence,  on  light  yellow. 

1  shilling,  on  fawn. 

1  shilling  and  6  pence,  on  pink. 


2  shillings,  on  light  blue. 

3  ,,        on  deep  blue. 

4  , ,        on  white. 


1861. — Stamps  to  be  affixed  according  to  the  notice  on  them, 
for  franking  messages  written  on  the  printed  form  supplied  by 
the  company.  The  stamps  were  of  two  kinds,  one  for  the 
continental  service,  and  the  other  for  the  inland  service. 

1.  The  design  of  the  stamp  for  the  continental  service  is  shown 
in  Type  97,  consisting  of  a  rectangular  transverse  oblong  corded 


GREAT   BRITAIN.  35 

frame,  36  x  22  mm.,  within  which  is  the  value  in  full  within  a 
transverse  oval ;  above  this  is  the  name  of  the  company,  and  the 
initials  "E.G."  and  "J.S.F."  (the  chairman  and  secretary  of  the 
company)  are  inserted  in  monogram  at  either  end.  Below  is  a 
notice  that  the  stamp  was  for  continental  use,  followed  by  a  tablet 
containing  the  control  number.  There  is  a  black  vertical  bar 
across  the  stamp,  which  was  engraved  and  lithographed  on  plain 
white  paper,  and  perforated  12.  One  value,  that  of  the  three 
pence,  has  alone  been  seen,  but  according  to  the  records  of  the 
company  other  values  of  Is.  6d.,  4s.,  and  8s.  existed. 
3  pence,  black. 

2.  The  design  of  the  stamp  for  the  inland  service  is  that  of  an 
upright  rectangle  of  23  x  31^  mm.,  within  which,  on  an  uncoloured 
oval-shaped  tablet  with  an  engrailed  edge,  is  the  name  of  the  company, 
with  the  initials  of  the  chairman  and  secretary  underneath,  separated 
by  thunderbolts.  On  tablets  below  are  the  control  number  on  an 
engine-turned  ground,  the  value  on  a  solid  ground,  and  a  notice 
on  an  uncoloured  ground.  On  a  straight  tablet  at  the  top  of  the 
rectangle  is  "  telegraph,"  on  a  solid  ground,  and  on  a  corresponding 
tablet  at  the  foot-  "18  stamp  61."  Lithographed  on  plain  white 
paper  •  perforated  12,  and  another  edition  of  some  of  the  values  12 J. 

Threepence,  oclire-brown. 

Sixpence,  vermilion. 

One  shilling,  orange-yellow. 

Eighteenpence,  rose-pink. 

Two  shillings,  green. 

Two  shillings  and  sixpence,  chocolate-brown. 

Three  shillings,  blue. 

Ten  shillings,  red-brown. 

Varieties. 

One  shilling,  orange-yellow  ;  imperforate. 

Two  shillings,  green  ;  imperforate. 

One  shilling,  orange-yellow  ;  imperforate. 

Four  shillings,  black  ;  value  on  uncoloured  tablet. 

Five  shillings,  purple        „  „  „ 

1864. — Similar  design,  with  the  initial  only  of  the  secretary 
altered  from  "J.S.F."  to  "H.W."  Impression  as  before;  perforated 
12£  and  10.     Type  98. 


Threepence,  ochre-brown. 

Sixpence,  vermilion. 

One  shilling,  orange-yellow, 


Two  shillings,  green. 
Three  shillings,  blue. 
Four  shillings,  black. 


Directors'  Message  Stamps. 

185...  to  1868. — Certain  stamps  were  made  for  the  directors  of 
the  company  bearing  the  name  of  the  director  for  whose  use  they 
were  made,  and  franking  messages  sent  by  him  along  the  company's 
lines  of  telegraph.  The  impression  is  in  black  on  blue  paper. 
Type  99. 


36  a  catalogue  of  telegraph  stamps,  etc. 

London  District  Telegraph  Company,  Limited. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1862. — The  design  consists  of  a  large  shaded  numeral  of  value 
within  a  double-lined  rectangle,  with  angle  ornaments  to  the  inner 
line.  Across  the  numeral  are  the  name  of  the  company  and  a 
facsimile  of  the  signature  of  the  secretary.  At  the  top  of  the 
frame  is  the  control  number.  The  stamps  are  lithographed  in  black 
on  coloured  paper,  and  perforated  13.     Type  100. 

Threepence,  on  bright  yellow  paper,  control  number  in  red. 
Fourpence,  on  blue  paper  , ,  , ,        „ 

Sixpence,  on  paper  faced  with  vermilion,  control  number  in  black. 

1862. — New  design  for  the  frame  and  inscriptions,  the  name  of 
the  company  being  in  an  arch,  and  "  message  stamp  "  across  the 
stamp  on  a  straight  solid  tablet,  below  which  is  the  address  of  the 
office  and  control  number,  with  the  facsimile  of  the  signature  of 
the  secretary  underneath.      Lithographed   in   black,   the   control 
numbers  being  inserted  in  black;  perforated  11^.     Type  101. 
(a)  On  coloured  payer. 
Threepence,  on  yellow.       j      Sixpence,  on  pink. 
(b)  On  paper  faced  with  colour. 
Threepence,  on  greenish-blue.       |      Sixpence,  on  vermilion. 

South  Eastern  Eailway  Company. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1st  September,  1860. — Stamps  of  large  size,  consisting  of  the 
arms  of  the  company  within  an  oval  band  within  a  rectangular 
frame,  38  x  46£  mm.  The  name  of  the  company  is  on  the  upper 
part  of  the  band,  on  an  uncoloured  ground,  and  the  value  in  full 
on  the  lower,  on  a  solid  ground.  The  spandrels  are  filled  with  a 
diaper  ground  extending  over  the  part  above  the  oval  at  the  top, 
on  which  is  "  N0.,"  followed  by  the  control  number  in  black.  The 
stamps  are  typographed  on  white  hand-made  paper,  watermarked 
with  the  letters  "  S.E.K"  one  above  the  other  on  each  stamp; 
perforated  12.     Type  102. 

Ninepence,  red. 

One  shilling,  orange-yellow. 

One  shilling  and  2  pence,  black. 

One  shilling  and  6  pence,  lilac. 

Two  shillings  and  3  pence,  red-brown. 

Two  shillings  and  9  pence,  green. 

Submarine  Telegraph  Company. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1361. — The  design  of  these  stamps  consists  of  the  letters  "  S.T." 

in  monogram,  within  an  upright  oval,  enclosed  in  a  frame  measuring 

23  x  43J  mm.,  in  the  upper  part  of    which  is  the  name  of   the 

company,  and  in  the  lower  the  value  in  full.     There  are  other 


GREAT    BRITAIN.  37 

inscriptions  on  the  sides.      Surface  printed  in  purple  on  white 
plain  paper,  and  perforated  14.     Type  103. 

Fourpence  halfpenny. 

Three  shillings  and  sixpence. 

Four  shillings. 

Seven  shillings  and  sixpence. 

Eight  shillings. 

Four  shillings,  surcharged  in  red  on  eight  shillings. 

United  Kingdom  Electric  Telegraph  Company,  Limited. 
ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1862. — Within  an  upright  rectangular  oblong  frame  is  the 
name  of  the  company  in  six  lines  of  capitals  on  an  engine-turned 
ground.  The  frame  is  solid,  inscribed  in  the  upper  part  "  unin- 
sured message,"  on  the  left  side  "  five,  ten,  or  twenty  words  " 
(as  the  case  may  be),  on  the  right  "  including  addresses,"  and  at 
the  foot  the  value  in  words.  The  stamp  measures  25  x  30  mm., 
and  is  printed  on  white  glazed  wove  paper,  and  is  perforated  15. 
Type  104. 

3  pence,  yellow-ochre,  for  5  words.     |      6  pence,  rose,  for  10  words. 
1  shilling,  violet,  for  20  words. 

Variety. 
1  shilling,  violet  on  bluish  safety  paper. 

1863. — Within  a  transverse  rectangular  frame  is  the  name  of 
the  company  in  five  lines  of  capitals  on  an  engine-turned  ground. 
The  frame  is  solid  on  the  sides  and  top,  and  is  inscribed  with  the 
value  in  words  at  the  top,  "  uninsured  "  on  the  left,  and  "  message  " 
on  the  right  side.  At  the  foot,  on  an  uncoloured  tablet,  is  a  notice 
in  three  lines  of  small  capitals.  The  impression  is  on  plain  white 
glazed  wove  paper,  and  the  perforation  is  15.  Across  each  stamp 
vertically  is  impressed  the  control  number  in  black.     Type  105. 


3  pence,  yellow-ochre. 
6  pence,  rose. 
1  shilling,  violet. 

Variety. 
1  shilling,  violet,  on  unglazed  paper. 


1  shilling  and  6  pence,  green. 

2  shillings,  brown. 


Universal  Private  Telegraph  Company. 
ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 
1864. — Within  an  upright  rectangular  oblong  frame,  measuring 
27  x  32  mm.,  is  an  upright  oval  uncoloured  band,  inscribed  with 
the  name  of  the  company,  in  the  minor  axis  of  which  is  an 
uncoloured  tablet  for  the  control  number.  Above  and  below  the 
tablet,  on  a  ground  of  lines  radiating  towards  the  centre,  is  the 
value  in  words,  the  amount  being  above,  and  the  denomination 
below.  In  spandrels  are  rustic  ornaments,  with  1,  8,  6,  4  in  the 
angles.  The  stamps  are  lithographed  on  plain  white  wove  paper, 
and  perforated  12£.     Type  106. 

3  pence  (?).  Nine  pence  (?). 

6  pence,  brown.  One  shilling,  mauve. 


38         A  CATALOGUE  OF  TELEGRAPH  STAMPS,  ETC. 

GEEAT  NORTHERN  TELEGEAPH  COMPANY. 
ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 
1877. — This  company,  established  in  Denmark  for  connecting 
the  North  of  Europe  with  China  and  Japan,  prepared  a  series  of 
stamps  in  1877  for  the  use  of  the  company  in  the  East,  but  it  is 
doubtful  if  they  were  ever  actually  issued.  The  design  is  a  head 
to  the  left  of  J.  C.  Oersted  within  a  circle  in  the  middle  of  an 
upright  oblong  rectangular  frame.  At  the  top  is  the  value  in 
words,  and  at  the  bottom  the  same  is  repeated  in  Japanese  charac- 
ters. On  tablets  to  the  left  and  right  is  "  great  north. — telegr. 
compy."     The  impression  is  on  white  paper.     Type  107. 

25  cents,  black.  3  dollars,  green. 

1  dollar,  orange.  10      „       red-brown. 

HOLLAND. 
ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1st  January,  1877,  and  1st  November,  1879.— Value, 

with  denomination  under,  over-printed  on  a  circular  background, 
composed  of  "  telegramzegel  "  repeated  in  a  fancy  pattern  within 
a  circular  band,  inscribed  "  rijkstelegram  "  in  the  upper  part, 
and  "  nederland  "  in  the  lower,  enclosed  in  an  hexagonal  frame, 
with  ornaments  of  thunderbolts  above  and  below.  Impression  on 
plain  white  wove  paper;  perforated  13.      Type  108. 


1  cent, 

lilac, 

surcharged 

in  black  (1879). 

3  cents 

5? 

» 

5» 

J? 

5    „ 

)? 

j) 

J? 

3> 

125  „ 

» 

5J 

5» 

(1877). 

15     „ 

» 

)J 

35 

jj 

20    „ 

5? 

» 

J> 

3J 

30    „ 

)> 

5) 

5) 

>* 

50    „ 

)5 

)) 

>> 

J) 

60    „ 

?5 

J5 

5? 

i> 

1  gulden  „ 

» 

in  red 

J> 

2      „ 

» 

5» 

3J 

J» 

HONDURAS  (REPUBLIC  OF). 

TELEGRAPH  FORMS. 

1st  January,  1883. — Forms  commencing  with  "telegrama," 
followed  by  instructions.  In  the  upper  left  corner  of  the  sheet 
(84;  x  5£  inches)  is  a  round  stamp,  with  an  arm  holding  thunder- 
bolts, within  a  circular  band  inscribed  in  the  upper  part  "  telegr afo 
del  gobierno,"  and  in  the  lower  "  de  Honduras."  The  value  is 
in  words,  "  vale  dos  (tres,  etc.)  reales,"  at  the  top  of  the  form, 
except  in  the  7  and  8  reales,  where  it  is  below  the  instructions 
towards  the  left.  In  the  2  reales  the  value  is  at  the  top  to  the 
right ;  in  the  3  and  4  reales  to  the  left ;  in  the  5  reales  about  the 
middle ;  and  in  the  6  reales  towards  the  right.  All  the  forms  have 
on  the  reverse  side  two  hand  stamps  in  black,  the  design  being  the 


HUNGARY.  39 

Arms  of  the  Republic  within  a  circular  band,  the  one  inscribed 

"OFICINA    GENERAL    DE   CUENTAS   DE    LA   REPUBLICA TEGUCIGALPA," 

and  the  other  has  a  similar  inscription,  except  that  "  rentas  "  is 
substituted  for  "  cuentas." 

In  addition  to  the  above  hand-stamps  on  the  reverse  side,  all  the 
values  except  the  2  reales  have  one  or  more  hand-stamps  on  the 
face,  in  pink,  violet,  red,  or  blue,  which  are  the  control  marks  of 
the  finance  offices  at  Tegucigalfa,  Comyagua,  Choluteca,  &c.  Many- 
varieties  may  be  made  out  of  the  number  of  these  stamps  on  the  sheet, 
and  the  position  that  the  stamper  has  been  pleased  to  give  to  them. 
The  impression  is  in  black  on  thin  yellow  wove  paper.      Type  109. 

2  reales.     4  reales.     6  reales.     8  reales. 

3  j;  I       5       „  I       7       „ 

1887. — Similar  form,  but  with  type  reset;  value  to  the  right; 
the  two  stamps  of  "oficina,"  &c,  are  in  blue,  and  the  control 
stamp  in  violet  on  the  face.  Impression  on  plain  white  paper. 
Size  8§  x  6|  inches.      2  reales,  black  on  white. 

HUNGAKY. 
ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 
1st  August,  1873. — Numeral  on  a  fancy  ground,  within  a 
solid  upright  oval-shaped  band,  inscribed  on  the  left  "  Magyar  kir," 
and  on  the  right  "  tavirda."  At  the  top  of  the  band  is  a  Crown, 
and  at  the  foot  of  the  stamp  "krajczar."  Lithographed  on  plain 
white  paper ;  perforated  9  J.     Type  110. 


5  kreuzer,  blue  and  indigo. 
20 


■)■> 


25  kreuzer,  blue  and  indigo. 

4^  55  •)•)  J5 

50  11  11  11 


Same  date. — Numeral  within  a  Gothic  arch,  with  crown 
underneath.  Boys  on  each  side  supporting  a  scroll,  inscribed 
"  Magyar  kir.  tavirda,"  and  "  forint  "  on  a  tablet  below.  Litho- 
graphed on  plain  paper ;  perforated  9  J.     Type  111. 

1  florin,  black  and  grey-black  on  white. 

2  florins,  grey  on  yellowish  white. 

1874-5. — Similar  stamps,  engraved,  and  printed  on  plain  paper. 
5  kreuzer,  dark  blue ;  perf.  13. 

■•■"      j)  jj  )? 

20       „  „  „ 

25       „  „  „ 

40       ,,  „  „ 

50       ,,  ,,  „ 

1  florin,  black  on  white ;  perf.  9|,  and  also  13. 

2  florins,  black  on  yellowish  ;  perf.  9|,  and  also  13. 
2      „      black  on  drab  ;  perf.  13. 

Note. — These  stamps  were  withdrawn  from  use  on  1st  April,  1879. 

TELEGRAM  CARD. 
1st  August,  1873. — Form  with  telegraph  stamp  of  1873  on 
the  left.     Impression  in  blue  on  grey  paper. 

50  kreuzer,  blue  and  indigo  on  grey. 


40  A  CATALOGUE  OF  TELEGRAPH  STAMPS,  ETC. 

TELEGRAM  RECEIPTS. 
1st  August,  1873. — Form  with  telegraph  stamp  of  1873. 

I.  FELADO — VEVENY. 

1.  Stamp  to  the  right :  thin  numeral,  with  straight  top. 

5  kreuzer,  blue,  and  dark  blue. 

2.  Same,  but  numeral  with  curved  top. 

5  kreuzer,  indigo. 

II.     FELADOVEVENY PREDATNICA. 

Stamp  in  the  centre  of  the  upper  part.    Numeral  with  curved  top. 
5  kreuzer,  blue.         |         5  kreuzer,  indigo. 

INDIA. 
ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 
1861  (?). — Head  of  Queen  Victoria  within  an  upright  oval 
band  inscribed  "government  of  india — telegraph  department" 
in  the  centre  of  a  transverse  rectangular  oblong.  On  a  lettered 
tablet  in  the  upper  part  is  "electric  telegraph"  in  uncoloured 
letters,  one  word  on  each  side  of  the  oval  band,  and  the  value 
in  words,  similarly  disposed,  on  a  similar  tablet  at  the  bottom. 
On  each  side  of  the  central  device  is  the  numeral  of  value  on  a 
dotted  ground  ;  perforated  14.      Type  112. 

4  annas,  violet.      |      1  rupee,  violet.      |      2  rupees,  violet  (?). 

1865  (?). — Head  of  the  Queen  in  an  upright  oval,  repeated  at 
the  upper  and  lower  part  of  an  upright  obkmg  rectangle,  57  x  22 
mm.,  with  framings  of  various  designs.  Typographed  on  paper  water- 
marked with  "Crown  and  india";  perforated  14.    Types  113-123. 

2  annas,  brown-pink.  5  rupees,  red-brown. 

4     ,,      blue  and  pale  blue. 
8      , ,      brown  and  dark  brown. 

1  rupee,  pearl-grey. 

2  rupees,  8  annas,  orange-yellow. 

50  rupees,  pink. 

Varieties. 
8  annas,  brown  ;  imperforate.      |      1  rupee,  pearl-grey  ;  imperforate. 

Date  (?). — The  die  of  the  1  rupee  was  altered  by  doubling  the 

lines  in  the  angles,      l  rupee,  pearl-grey,  altered  die. 

Note. — The  stamps  of  14  rupees  4  annas  and  28  rupees  8  annas  were 
withdrawn  from  circulation  in  1878. 

Middle  Of  1879.— Similar  design  to  the  preceding.  Type  124. 
1  anna,  green. 

End  of  1880. — The  die  of  the  25  rupees  was  altered  by 
inserting  ornaments  after  "rupees"  and  "department"  in  the 
in  scriptions.  25  rupees,  purple. 

Note. — These  stamps,  when  used,  are  cut  in  two,  the  upper  part  being 
affixed  to  the  telegram,  and  the  lower  part  is  used  to  evidence  the  receipt. 


10 

)  ? 

blue-green. 

14 

5  5 

4  annas,  lilac. 

25 

>) 

purple. 

28 

)> 

8  annas,  yellow-green. 

JAMAICA.  41 

September,  1881.— "Foreign  paper"  stamp  of  1874  (type  1868), 
showing  the  Queen's  head  within  a  circular  uncoloured  band, 
inscribed  "government  of  india,"  with  the  value  in  full  in  a 
transverse  oblong  rectangle,  with  the  value  on  each  side,  surcharged 
in  black  "  telegraph."  Impression  on  white  wove  paper,  water- 
marked with  "Crown  and  india";  perforated  15.     Type  125. 

1  anna,  purple,  surcharged  in  black. 

2  annas,  bright  lilac  „  „ 
4     „      green          „                 „ 

1883. — The  die  of  the  50  rupees  altered  by  the  introduction  of 
floral  ornaments  in  the  angles.  Impression  and  perforation  as  in 
the  issue  of  1865.  50  rupees,  pink. 

JAMAICA. 
ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 
October,  1879  (?). — Head  of  Queen  Victoria  to  the  left,  on  a 
ground  of  horizontal  lines,  within  a  circle.  In  the  3  pence  this 
has  a  circular  band  round  it,  inscribed  "Jamaica  telegraphs — 
three  pence,"  within  a  rectangular  oblong,  resembling  the  one 
penny  telegraph,  stamp  of  Great  Britain.  The  one  shilling  re- 
sembles the  fourpence  of  Great  Britain  telegraph  stamp,  but  is  of 
larger  dimensions,  24J  x  29J  mm.,  inscribed  "  Jamaica  tele- 
graphs" in  the  arch,  with  the  value  on  a  straight  tablet  at  the 
bottom.    Impression  on  "  Crown  C  C  "  paper.    Types  126  and  127. 

3  pence,  lilac ;  perforated  14. 
1  shilling,  brown  ;  perforated  15. 

TELEGRAPH  FORMS. 

1879. — Form  printed  in  black,  with  a  stamp  embossed  on  the 
right  upper  angle,  showing  the  head  of  Queen  Victoria  within  an 
octagon,  enclosed  in  a  circular  band,  inscribed  "  Jamaica  tele- 
graphs— one  shilling."  Impression  on  plain  white  wove  paper. 
Size  230  x  150  mm.     Type  128. 

1  shilling,  pink. 

1886. — Similar  to  the  last,  but  reduced  in  size  to  226  x  149 
mm.,  with  stamp  of  same  type  in  the  right  upper  angle.  Impression 
in  black  on  plain  white  wove  paper. 

1  shilling,  pink  on  white. 

OFFICIAL  TELEGRAPH  FORMS. 

1879. — Same  as  form  of  1879,  with  "official"  surcharged 
across  the  stamp  in  black.  Impression  in  black  on  blue-green 
paper.     Type  129. 

1  shilling,  pink  on  blue-green,  surcharged  in  black. 

1886. — Same  as  1886,  the  stamp  being  surcharged  "official" 
in  black.     Impression  on  green  paper. 

1  shilling,  pink  on  green,  surcharged  in  black. 


42  A    CATALOGUE    OF    TELEGRAPH    STAMPS,    ETC. 

JAP  AX. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1885. — Designs  in  which  the  chrysanthemum  is  always  present 
in  frames  of  various  designs,  differing  for  each  value,  which  is 
expressed  both  in  Japanese  and  English.  "  Telegraph  "  is  on  all 
the  stamps,  with  its  equivalent  in  Japanese.  Impression  on  white 
wove  paper;  perforation  irregular,  9,  10,  11£.      Types  130-139. 


1  sen,  bistre. 

2  „    pink. 

3  „    orange-yellow. 

4  „    green. 

5  „    light  blue. 


10  sen,  orange. 
15    „    red-brown. 
25    „    dark  blue. 
50    „    lilac. 
1  yen,  dark  blue,  red,  and  black. 


LUXEMBURG. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1st  February,  1883. — Arms  surmounted  by  a  crown,  within  a 
horse-shoe-shaped  tablet,  inscribed  "  grand-duche  de  Luxembourg." 
On  a  straight  tablet  at  the  top  of  the  rectangle  is  "  telegraphes." 
Impression  on  plain  white  wove  paper;  perforated  15.     Type  llfi. 

5  centimes,  grey.  50  centimes,  yellow-green. 

25        „         orange.  1  frank,  pink. 

5  francs,  blue. 


NATAL. 
ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1st  May,  1882. — Head  of  Queen  Victoria  on  a  horizontally 
lined  ground,  within  a  solid  circular  band  inscribed  "  natal 
telegraphs"  within  a  transverse  oblong  rectangular  frame.  The 
circular  band  is  intercepted  in  the  lower  part  by  a  horizontal  un- 
coloured  tablet,  inscribed  with  the  value  in  words.  Typographed 
on  white  paper,  watermarked  "Crown  C  A;"  perforated  14.  Type 
Hi- 


One  penny,  red-brown. 
Threepence,  pink. 
Sixpence,  green-grey. 
One  shilling,  green. 


Two  shillings,  purple. 
Five        „       blue. 
Ten         „       dark  grey. 
One  pound,  red-brown. 


Five  pounds,  orange. 
NEW  SOUTH  WALES. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1871. — Allegorical  figure,  representing  Time,  with  a  crown  in 
his  right  hand  and  a  second  falling,  with  lightning  and  em- 
blematical devices  on  a  ground  of  intersecting  wavy  lines,  within 
a  circular  uncoloured  band,  inscribed  in  the  upper  part  "  electric," 


ORANGE    FREE    STATE — PERU.  43 

and  in  the  lower  part  "  telegraphs. "  This  design,  engraved  by 
Messrs.  De  La  Rue  &  Co.,  and  printed  in  black,  forms  the  centre 
of  the  upright  oblong  rectangular  "  duty  stamps  "  of  corresponding 
value,  in  which  it  is  substituted  for  the  Queen's  head.  Impression 
on  bluish  paper,  watermarked  n.s.w.  ;  perforated  12 J.    Type  11$. 

2  shillings,  brown  and  black. 


1  penny,  brick-red  and  black. 

2  pence,  blue  „ 
6  pence,  brown-red  „ 
1  shilling^  blue  „ 


4        „        lilac 

6        „        carmine    „ 

8        „        lilac 


Note. — A  stamp  of  4  pence,  in  pale  red,  is  known,  but  only  imperforate, 
and  is  probably  an  essay. 


ORANGE  FBEE  STATE. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

July  (?),  1885. — Postage  stamps  (type  1868),  surcharged  in 
violet  ink  "  tele — graaf,"  in  two  lines,  upwards  or  downwards ; 
perforated  14. 

1  penny,  red-brown.  |  3  pence,  blue. 

6  pence,  pink. 

Note. — The  1  shilling,  orange,  is  reported  as  having  been  similarly 
surcharged. 

1886. — Fiscal  stamp  of  one  shilling  of  1878,  being  a  transverse 
rectangular  oblong,  with  similar  surcharge  over  the  central  device 
of  Arms  on  an  escutcheon.  Impression  on  plain  white  paper; 
perforated  14.     Type  lJfS. 

1  shilling,  violet-brown,  surcharged  in  violet. 

1888.— Surcharge  altered  to  "T.F.,"  in  place  of  "  Telegraaf," 
applied  to  the  postage  stamps  (type  1.868)  of  3  pence  and  6d.,  and 
to  the  fiscal  stamp  of  9  shillings  (type  1878),  the  value  of  this 
latter  being  barred  by  a  line,  and  surcharged  "  Een  shilling." 

3  pence,  blue,  surcharged  in  black. 

6  pink 

1  shilling,  bistre        „  „ 


PERU. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1st  July,  1876. — Arms  of  Peru,  in  a  diamond-shaped  frame, 
within  a  rectangle.  Above  the  device  are  two  scrolls,  inscribed 
"  telegrafo — nacional,"  and  underneath  numerals  of  value,  which 
are  repeated  in  letters.  The  frames  vary  in  size  and  design  for 
each  value.  Impression  on  plain  white  paper ;  perforated  1 2. 
Types  1U-146- 

5  centavos,  blue-lilac.  |  20  centavos,  green. 

50  centavos,  brown. 


44  A  CATALOGUE  OF  TELEGRAPH  STAMPS,  ETC. 

PHILIPPINES. 

ADHESIVE   STAMPS. 
January,  1874. — The  Arms  of  Spain,  surmounted  by  a  mural 
Crown,   on  a  ground  of  horizontal  lines  within  an  upright  oval 
uncoloured  band,  inscribed  in  the  upper  part  "filipixas  telegs 
1874  t  75,"  and  in  the  lower  the  value  in  full.     Impression  on 
plain  white  paper  :  perforated  14.      Type  147. 
1  peseta  25  cent.,  pearl-grey. 
January,  1876. — Head  of  King  Alphonso  XII.  to  the  right, 
on  a  ground  of  horizontal  lines  within  an  oval.     In  the  upper  part 
of  the  rectangular  framing  is   "  telegrafos  "   on  an  uncoloured 
ground,  and  in  the  lower  part  the  value  in  full.     Emblems  in  the 
four  angles.     Impression  on  plain  white  paper.      Type  148. 
250  mil5  de  peso,  chocolate-brown  :  perforated  14  and  imperforate. 

January,  1880. — Similar  to  the  last  in  design,  but  without 
emblems  in  the  angles.  Impression  on  plain  white  paper;  per- 
forated 14.     Type  149. 

25  cent,  de  peso,  ultramarine. 

January,  1881. — Same  as  the  last. 

1  peso,  bistre.  !  5  pesos,  ultramarine. 

2  pesos,  green.  10     ,,     pink. 

July,  1881. — Fiscal  stamp,  "Derecho  Judicial,"  of  2  reales, 
blue,  surcharged  in  black  "  habilitado  para  telegrafos  "  in  an 
oval.  Impression  on  plain  white  paper ;  perforated  14.  Type  150. 
2  reales  on  2  r.,  blue,  surcharged  in  black. 

1882. — Stamp  of  January,  1876,  with  colour  of  the  impression 
changed.  250  c.  de  peso,  ultramarine. 

10th  March,  1885.— Postage  stamps  of  the  type  of  1882 
surcharged  with  "  harilitadq  25  cents  "  in  an  upright  oval,  with 
"  telegrafos  "  across  the  minor  axis.     Type  151. 

25  c.  de  peso  on  25  c.  de  peso,  brown  ;  surcharged  in  green. 

25  c.  de  peso  on  2|  c.  de  peso,  ultramarine ;  surcharged  in  carmine. 

March,  1886. — Postage  stamp  of  2|-  c.  de  peso,  ultramarine 
(1882) ;  surcharged  similarly  to  the  last. 

1  c.  de  peso  on  2|  c.  de  peso,  ultramarine ;  surcharged  in  carmine. 

^8  ,5  j,  ,,  ;,  5,  55 

**  5»  5J  5J  5>  5»  .  5J 

20  „  „  „  „  „  black. 

1886. — Same  stamp,  surcharged  "habilitado  telegramas  sub- 
marinos  1  peso,"  in  red.     Type  152. 

1  peso  on  2|,  ultramarine  ;  surcharged  in  large  letters. 
1        ,,  „  in  smaller  letters. 

1886. — Stamps  of  similar  design  to  the  telegraph  stamp  of 
January,  1880.     Impression  on  plain  white  paper;  perforated  14. 

25  c.  de  peso,  bronze-green.  2  pesos,  light  brown. 

50        ,,(?).  |  5      „     green. 

10  pesos,  blue. 


PORTO    RICO.  45 

1887. — Postage  stamp  of   2£  c.  de  peso  (1882),  with  similar 
surcharge  to  that  of  March,  1886,  but  in  letters  of  larger  size. 

1  c.  de  peso  on  2|  c.  de  peso,  ultramarine ;  surcharge  in  black. 
2f  „  „  ,,  „        in  dark  blue. 

5  ,,  ,,  ,,  ,,        in  yellow-brown. 

20  „  „  „  „        in  red. 

1888. — Stamps  of  the  type  of  January,  1880.     Impression  on 
plain  white  paper;  perforated  14. 


1  c.  de  peso,  bistre. 

2  „  carmine. 

2|      „  yellow-brown. 

5        „  dark  blue. 


10  c.  de  peso,  yellow-green,  for 

Postal  Union. 
10        „  purple. 

20        „  violet. 


POETO  EICO. 
ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

January,  1871. — Arms  of  Spain  in  an  oval,  surmounted  by  a 
royal  Crown,  on  a  horizontally-lined  ground  within  an  upright  oval 
uncoloured  band,  inscribed  in  the  upper  part  "telegrafos  1871," 
and  the  value  in  the  lower,  separated  by  thunderbolts.  Impression 
on  plain  white  paper ;  perforated  14.     Type  153. 

2  pesetas,  lilac.  |  4  pesetas,  bistre. 

January,  1872. — Similar  stamps,  dated  "  1872,"  but  with  the 
cross  of  Savoy  on  an  inescutcheon.  Similar  paper;  perforated  14, 
and  also  imperforate.     Type  15  If. 

2  pesetas,  blue.  |  4  pesetas,  green. 

January,  1873. — Similar  stamps,  with  the  same  arms,  dated 
"  1873."     Impression  on  plain  white  paper;  perforated  14. 
2  pesetas,  blue.  |  4  pesetas,  mauve. 

January,  1874. — Arms  of  type  of  1871,  surmounted  by  a 
mural  Crown.  Inscription  dated  "  1874."  Similar  paper  and  per- 
foration to  last.     Type  155. 

2  pesetas,  green.  |  4  pesetas,  pink. 

January,  1875. — Arms  of  Spain  in  an  escutcheon,  surmounted 
by  a  mural  Crown.    "  Telegrafos  "  on  a  straight  uncoloured  tablet 
in  the  upper  part  of  the  rectangular  frame,  and  value  in  the  lower 
on  a  similar  tablet.     Impression  as  before.     Type  156. 
2  pesetas,  black ;  perforated  14  and  imperforate. 
*4        „      carmine  ,,  „ 

4        „      bistre ;  perforated  14. 

January,  1876. — Head  of  king  Alphonso  XII.  in  an  upright 
oval  on  a  horizontally-lined  background.  "  Telegrafos — 1876  "  on 
a  straight  uncoloured  tablet  at  the  top  of  the  rectangle ;  value  on 
a  similar  tablet  at  the  bottom.  Emblems  in  the  four  angles. 
Impression  on  plain  white  paper;  perforated  14.     Type  157. 

2  pesetas,  blue  and  bright  blue.         |         *4  pesetas,  pink. 
4  pesetas,  yellow  and  orange. 

Imperforate. 
2  pesetas,  blue.  4  pesetas,  orange. 

*  The  stamps  marked  with  an  asterisk  (*)  we  have  not  seen.  They  are 
given  on  the  authority  of  M.  Moens. 

G 


46         A  CATALOGUE  OF  TELEGRAPH  STAMPS,  ETC. 

1876. — The  same, with  a  simple  paraph  in  black;  perforated  14. 
2  pesetas,  blue,  with  paraph  in  black. 

January,  1877. — Arms  of  Spain,  with  fleurs-de-lys  on  an 
inescutcheon.  On  the  upper  straight  tablet  is  "pt0  rico  tels  1877," 
and  on  the  lower  one  the  value.  Impression  on  plain  white  paper  ; 
perforated  14,  and  imperforate.     Type  158. 

2  pesetas,  yellow-green.         |  4  pesetas,  bistre. 

January,  1878. — The  same,  but  with  date  "  1878;"  perforated 
14,  and  imperforate.     Type  159. 

2  pesetas,  blue.  |  4  pesetas,  green. 

January,  1879. — The  same,  but  with  date  "  1879;"  perforated 
14.  2  pesetas,  rose.  4  pesetas,  grey. 

January,  1880. — The  same,  but  with  date  "1880;"  perforated 
14.     Type  160. 

2  pesetas,  grey.  |  4  pesetas,  pink. 

January,  1881. — The  same,  but  with  date  "  1881,"  and  change 
in  the  denomination  of  the  value;  perforated  14. 

40  c.  de  peso,  pink.  |  80  c.  de  peso,  grey. 

Note. — No  further  issue  of  special  stamps  for  telegraph  purposes  has 
since  been  made. 

MUNICIPAL  STAMPS. 

1888  (?). — A  stamp,  being  an  upright  rectangle  of  30  x  26  mm., 
has  recently  come  to  light,  the  use  of  which  is  at  present  involved 
in  mystery.  In  the  upper  part,  on  a  straight  tablet  with  scroll  ends, 
is  "  telegrafos,"  under  which,  in  an  arched  scroll,  is  "arbitrio 
municipal."  On  an  uncoloured  tablet  below  is  "  Yauco,"  which 
is  probably  the  name  of  a  municipality,  and  the  value  underneath 
on  a  solid  tablet.  At  the  foot  is  "el  alcalde,"  with  a  paraph 
under.  The  impression  is  on  coloured  wove  paper,  and  the  per- 
foration 11  J.  Specimens  are  known  with  "  Juncos,"  "Naguabo," 
and  " Hato-Grande,"  in  lieu  of  "Yauco."  (Timbre-Poste,  No. 
304.)     Type  161. 

2  centimos  ofics,  grey  on  green. 

3  „         ,,     red-brown  on  yellow. 
21        „         ,,     violet  on  salmon. 


EOUMAJNTIA. 
ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1st  November,  1871. — The  design  of  the  two  smaller  values 
shows  a  numeral  with  "  bani  "  on  a  solid  coloured  ground  below  it, 
within  an  upright  oval  band,  inscribed  at  the  top  "  Romania,"  and 
in  the  lower  part  "serviciul  telegrafic,"  the  two  inscriptions 
being  separated  by  thunderbolts ;  all  within  an  upright  rectangle. 

In  the  design  of  the  higher  values,  the  head  of  Prince  Charles 
Hohenzollern  is  introduced  into  the  oval  band  in  place  of  the  value, 


RUSSIA.  47 

and  is  in  the  middle  of  a  transverse  oblong  rectangular  frame,  with 
Greek-pattern  ornaments  on  the  sides,  the  value  being  in  full  in  the 
top  and  bottom  on  both  sides  of  the  oval  where  it  intercepts  the 
frame.  To  the  left  of  the  oval  is  the  numeral  of  value  in  a  disc, 
and  to  the  right  "l"  in  a  similar  disc.  Lithographed  at  Vienna, 
on  plain  white  paper;  perforated  10 J.      Types  162  and  168. 

25  bani,  brown.  1  leu,  lilac. 

50    „     blue.  2  lei,  yellow. 

5  lei,  pale  green  and  blue-green. 


KUSSIA. 

ST.    PETERSBURG. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

March,  1866. — Arms  on  an  escutcheon,  surmounted  by  a  crown 
within  an  octagonal  band,  with  inscription  in  Kussian  characters, 
on  a  background  of  brown  lines.  Impression  in  black  on  white 
paper;  perforated  12. 

20  kop.,  black  and  brown. 

1867. — The  same,  surcharged  in  red,  with  "10  k."  on  each  side 
of  the  arms.     Type  16 If. 

10  kop.  on  20  kop.,  black  and  brown ;  surcharged  in  red. 

Note. — The  20  kop.  was  reprinted  in  December,  1881,  but  the  reprint 
was  not  perforated. 

TELEGRAPH  FORMS. 

March,  1866. — Large  sheet,  with  form  within  a  pink  border, 
with  Arms  in  black.  Impression  on  paper  watermarked  with  eagle 
and  inscriptions.  40  kop. ,  black  and  pink. 

1867  (?). — The  same,  surcharged  in  red  within  a  transverse  oval 
"20  kop." 

20  kop.  on  40  kop.,  black  and  pink ;  surcharged  in  red. 

1868  (?), — Similar  form,  within  a  pink  frame,  printed  on  similar 
paper,  with  the  Arms  in  black,  and  the  value  on  each  side. 

20  kop. ,  black  and  pink. 

Note. — The  form  with  stamp  of  40  kop.  was  reprinted  in  December, 
1881,  on  plain  white  paper,  with  the  frame  in  rose-pink. 


SALVADOR 

6th  December,  1882. — Postage  stamps  of  the  series  of  1879, 
surcharged  " contkasello "  in  violet;  perforated  12£. 

1  centavo,  green.  |  2  centavos,  carmine. 

5  centavos,  blue. 


48         A  CATALOGUE  OF  TELEGRAPH  STAMPS,  ETC. 

1883. — Volcano  within  a  transverse  oval,  enclosed  in  a  rectangular 
oblong  frame,  inscribed  at  the  top  "  telegrafos,"  at  the  bottom 
"  del  Salvador,"  and  on  each  of  the  sides  "  un  real."   Impression 
on  plain  white  paper;  perforated  12.     Type  165. 
1  real,  green. 

1884-85. — Postage  stamps  of  the  series  of  1879-81,  surcharged 
"  contrasello  "  in  black ;  perforated  11^-.     Type  166. 


1  centavo,  green  (1884). 

2  centavos,  carmine  „ 
5        „        blue         „ 


10  centavos,  black  (1st  Aug.,  1885). 
20        „        violet       „  „ 


1887  (?). — The  same  stamps,  with  a  similar  surcharge  of  "  con- 
trasello" in  black,  but  of  larger  type;  perforated  11  J. 

1  c,  green.  5  c,  blue. 

2  c,  carmine.  10  c,  black. 

20  c,  violet. 


SEEVIA. 

RECEIPT  FOR  TELEGRAMS. 

1886. — Form  with  Arms  and  stamp  of  the  type  of  the  postage 
stamps  of  1881  on  the  right.  Impression  in  black  on  plain  white 
paper.  5  paras,  black. 

SPAIN. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1st  July,  1864. — Arms  of  Spain  on  an  escutcheon,  with  those 
of  Bourbon  on  an  inescutcheon,  surmounted  by  a  Eoyal  Crown. 
Within  the  upper  part  of  the  rectangle  is  "telegrafos,"  at  the 
bottom  is  the  value,  with  the  date  "1864."  Impression  on  plain 
white  paper.     Type  167. 

1  real,  bistre  and  brown.  16  reales,  green. 

4  reales,  pink.  20      „      black. 

1st  January,  1865.— Head  of  Queen  Isabella  II  to  the  left 
on  a  solid  ground,  within  an  upright  oval  band,  inscribed  in  the 
upper  part  "telegrafos,"  and  in  the  lower  "  1865,"  with  thunder- 
bolts between.  The  upper  spandrels  are  filled  in  with  ornamenta- 
tion; in  the  lower  left  one  is  the  numeral  of  value,  and  in  the 
right  the  denomination.  Impression  on  coloured  paper.  Type  168. 
1  real,  blue  on  pink.  16  reales,  pink  on  yellow. 

4  reales,  black  on  green.  20      „      pink  on  light  pink. 

1st  September,  1865. — The  same,  on  plain  white  paper; 
perforated  14. 

1  real,  mauve  and  violet.  16  reales,  green. 

4  reales,  blue.  20     „      pink. 

Imperforate. 
4  reales,  blue. 


SWITZERLAND.  49 

1st  January,  1866. — The  same  head  in  a  similar  oval  band, 
inscribed  in  the  upper  part  "telegrafos  1866,"  and  in  the  lower, 
with  the  value  in  full,  with  thunderbolts  between.  The  spandrels 
are  all  filled  in  with  ornamentation.  Impression  on  plain  white 
wove  paper;  perforated  14.     Type  169. 

10  cent,  de  esc,  violet  and  dark  violet. 
40  „  blue  and  bright  blue. 

1  esc.  60  cent.,  green  and  yellow-green. 

2  escudos,  rose  and  bright  rose. 

1st  January,  1867.— The  same,  with  date  "  1867." 

10  cent,  de  esc. ,  purple  and  lilac. 
40  „  blue. 

1  esc.  60  cent.,  green  and  yellow-green. 

2  escudos,  rose. 

1st  January,  1868.— The  same,  with  date  "  1868." 

100  mil.  de  esc,  violet  (shades). 
400         „  blue         „ 

800  ,,  brown. 

1  esc.  600  mil.,  green  and  yellow-green. 

2  escudos,  pink. 

1st  January,  1869.— The  same,  with  date  "  1869." 

100  mil.  de  esc,  blue  (shades). 
800  „  pink        „ 

1  esc.  600  mil.,  bistre     „ 

2  esc,  green. 

Same  date. — Arms  of  Spain  surmounted  by  a  mural  Crown, 
within  an  upright  oval  uncoloured  band,  inscribed  in  the  upper 
part  "telegrafos  1869,"  and  in  the  lower  part  "400  mils  de 
esc,"  with  thunderbolts  between.  Impression  on  plain  white 
paper;  perforated  14.     Type  170. 

400  mil.  de  esc,  violet  (shades). 


SWITZEKLAKD. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

End  of  1867. — Cross  embossed  in  white  on  a  pink  ground 
within  an  upright  oval  band  of  solid  colour,  inscribed  "tele- 
graphie,"  and  intercepted  at  the  bottom  by  a  small  transverse 
oval  carrying  the  value.  The  impression  is  on  plain  white  paper, 
and  the  perforation  is  12.     Type  171. 

25  centimes,  pink  and  grey.  1  franc,  pink  and  green. 

50        ,,        pink  and  blue.  3  francs,  pink  and  gold. 

20  francs,  pink  and  light  pink. 

End  Of  1876.— Change  of  colour. 

3  francs,  pink  and  bistre. 
g  2 


50         A  CATALOGUE  OP  TELEGRAPH  STAMPS,  ETC. 

1st  January,  1877. — Same  type. 

5  centimes,  pink  and  black.        \         10  centimes,  pink  and  pink. 

1882-3. — Same  stamps  on  granite  paper,  watermarked  with  a 
cross;  perforated  12. 


5  centimes,  pink  and  black. 
10        „        pink  and  carmine. 
25        „         pink  and  grey. 


50  centimes,  pink  and  blue. 
1  franc,  pink  and  green. 
3  francs,  pink  and  bistre. 


UNITED   STATES. 

AMERICAN  RAPID  TELEGRAPH  COMPANY. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

January,  1881. — Numeral  on  an  engine-turned  ground  in  a 
festooned  circle,  within  an  upright  rectangular  frame.  At  the 
top  is  "am.  rapid  tel.  c%"  and  at  the  bottom  "telegram."  Im- 
pression on  plain  white  paper;  perforated  12.     Type  172. 

1  (cent),  black.  15  (cents),  green. 

5  (cents),  pale  brown.  20  (    „    ),  vermilion. 

25  (cents),  rose-pink. 

January,  1882. — Same  types. 

3  (cents),  orange.  |  10  (cents),  violet. 

50  (cents),  blue. 

Eor  Unpaid  Telegrams. 

January,  1881. — Similar  design  to  the  above,  and  with  same 
inscriptions,   except   that    "collect"   is   introduced   in   place  of 
"telegram."     Similar  impression  and  perforation.     Type  178. 
5  (cents),  blue.  |  15  (cents),  red-brown. 

January,  1882. — Similar  design  to  the  last.  Similar  im- 
pression and  perforation.     Type  17  Jp. 

1  (cent),  dark  brown.  |  20  (cents),  olive. 

Eor  Duplicates. 

January,  1881. — Numeral  on  an  engine-turned  ground,  within 
a  festooned  lozenge-shaped  oval  on  an  escutcheon,  in  the  corners 
of  which  are,  "a.  r.  t.  c°"  On  a  solid  tablet  at  the  foot  of  the 
rectangle  is  "duplicate." 

5  (cents),  blue.  |  15  (cents),  red-brown. 

January,  1882.—    1  (cent),  dark  brown.      |      20  (cents),  olive. 

Note.— These  duplicate  stamps  form  a  part  of  the  stamps  for  unpaid 
telegrams  above  described,  and  are  printed  attached  to  them.  The  "  collect" 
stamp  is  affixed  to  the  despatch,  and  the  "duplicate"  retained  by  the 
Company  as  a  voucher. 


UNITED   STATES.  51 

"     BALTIMORE  AND   OHIO. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

April  14th,  1885. — Stamp  the  design  of  which  is  a  croix 
patee,  with  the  letters  "b.  &  o."  on  a  tablet  in  the  centre.  Above 
the  cross  is  the  numeral  of  value  on  a  tablet,  and  at  the  foot  another 
tablet,  inscribed  "commutation."  Engraved  by  the  American 
Bank  Note  Company,  New  York,  with  and  without  name  of 
engravers  outside  the  bottom  of  the  stamp.  The  impression  is  on 
plain  white  paper,  and  the  perforation  is  12.     Type  175. 

1  (cent),  vermilion.  10  (cents),  red-brown. 

5  (cents),  blue.  25  (    „    ),  orange. 

June,  1885. — The  same  as  the  preceding,  overprinted  with  a 
letter  and  numerals. 

1  (cent),  vermilion,  overprinted  in  blue  (June  1st). 

5  (cents),  blue  „  in  red    (      „       ). 

10  (    „    ),  brown  „  in  blue  (August  1st). 

25  (    „    ),  orange  „  „       (September.) 

October  11th,  1885.— Similar  to  the  last,  but  with  the 
colours  altered.  Engraved  and  printed  by  the  Kendall  Bank 
Note  Company. 

1  (cent),  yellow-green,  overprinted  in  red. 
5  (cents),  blue  ,,  „ 

10  (    „    ),  brown,  overprinted  in  red. 
25  (    „    ),  orange-yellow  „        „        (October  25th). 

Date  uncertain. — Similar  to  the  last,  and  similarly  over- 
printed.    Lithographed  by  A.  Hoen  and  Co.,  of  Baltimore. 

1  (cent),  yellow-green.  10  (cents),  dark  brown. 

5  (cents),  blue.  25  (    „    ),  orange  (?). 

FRANK  STAMP. 

1885. — Stamp  of  larger  dimensions,  but  of  similar  central 
design.  Above  the  cross  is  "frank,"  with  the  control  number 
printed  in  colour  below.  On  the  sides  is  the  date  "  1885,"  and 
on  a  tablet  at  the  foot  "complimentary."  Impression  on  plain 
white  paper,  and  the  perforation  is  12. 

No  value,  brown,  with  numerals  in  blue. 

1886.— Similar  stamp  to  the  last,  but  dated  "  1886." 
No  value,  black,  with  numerals  in  red. 


CALIFORNIA. 

ADHESIVE  FRANK  STAMPS. 

1870. — Stamp  with  inscriptions,  "free  business  stamp — cal. 
state  tel.  co. — 1870 — FRANK  n°-  — "  followed  by  the  name  of 
the  President,  "  Geo.  H.  Mumford,"  printed  in  black  on  a  ground 
diapered  blue.  Impression  on  plain  white  paper ;  perforated  1 3 J. 
Type  176.  No  vaiue,  black  and  blue. 


52         A  CATALOGUE  OF  TELEGRAPH  STAMPS,  ETC. 

1870. — Kectangular  stamp,  in  the  centre  of  which  is  an 
upright  oval,  with  date,  "  1870,"  in  uncoloured  numerals  on  a 
pink  ground.  Above  the  oval  is  "frank,"  with  "cal.  state" 
above  it  on  an  arched  tablet,  and  under  the  oval  on  an  upturned 
curved  tablet,  "  telegraph."  On  a  straight  tablet  at  the  foot  is 
the  name  of  the  President.  Impression  on  plain  white  paper; 
perforated  13.     Type  177. 

No  value,  black  and  pink. 

Date  uncertain. — Similar  stamp,  but  with  the  oval  blank. 
Similar  impression ;  perforated  1 2  (?). 

No  value,  green.  |  No  value,  blue. 

Note.— These  may  probably  have  been  essays. 

1871. — Similar    stamp,    with    date,    "  1871,"    in    uncoloured 
numerals  on  a  carmine  ground;  unperforated. 
No  value,  black  and  carmine. 

1871. — Similar  stamp,  with  date,  "  1871,"  printed  in  colour 
transversely  within  the  oval ;  perforated  1 3. 

No  value,  black  ;  date  in  pink. 
1874.— Similar  stamp,  with  date,  "  1874." 

No  value,  blue  ;  date  in  mauve-grey. 
1875.— Similar  stamp,  dated  "  1875." 

No  value,  brown  ;  date  in  green. 

Note. — The  three  last  issues  are  ordinarily  found  with  a  control  number 
in  black  or  blue,  printed  horizontally  across  the  date  in  the  centre  of  the  oval. 
There  are  three  sub-types  of  No.  177.  The  second  issue  of  1870  and  the 
first  of  1871  are  of  one  type;  the  second  of  1871  is  of  another  type;  and 
the  two,  1874  and  1875,  are  of  a  third  type.    They  are  all  lithographed. 

CITY  AND  SUBURBAN  TELEGRAPH. 

ADHESIVE   STAMPS. 

We  have  not  seen  these  stamps,  but  they  are  described  as  being 
of  large  dimensions,  30  x  20  mm.,  and  with  the  value  in  the 
centre.  The  impression  is  in  black,  and  the  stamps  are  not 
perforated. 

1  cent,  black,  scalloped  oblong.     |      2  cents,  black,  scalloped  oblong. 
3  cents,  black,  scalloped  oblong. 

MUTUAL    UNION  TELEGRAPH  COMPANY. 
ADHESIVE  FRANK  STAMPS. 

1882. — "  Complimentary  "  frank  stamps,  consisting  of  an  upright 
rectangle,  in  the  upper  part  of  which  is  the  name  of  the  company, 
followed  by  "  frank,"  and  by  the  control  number  in  blue,  under 
which  is  the  name  of  the  President,  "  John  O.  Evans,"  and  below 
this  "complimentary."  The  date  is  on  both  sides.  The  impression 
is  on  plain  white  paper,  and  the  perforation  12.  Type  178. 
No  value,  blue. 


UNITED    STATES.  53 


1883. — Same    design    as    last,   but    dated    "1883,"    and    the 
esident's  name  is  changed  to  " John  G.  Moore" 

No  value,  carmine ;  control  number  in  blue. 


NORTHERN  MUTUAL   TELEGRAPH  COMPANY. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

1883. — Uncoloured  numeral  on  an  engine-turned  ground,  within 
fancy  frame.  Above  is  "northern  mutual,"  and  below  is  " tele- 
graph" on  an  arched  tablet,  with  "c°"  underneath.  The  im- 
pression is  on  plain  white  paper,  and  the  perforation  14£.  The 
sheet  consists  of  thirty-five  stamps,  in  seven  horizontal  rows  of 
five,  and  all  four  values  are  found  on  the  same  sheet.  The  two 
bottom  rows  consist  of  5  cents,  the  two  next  10  cents,  the  next 
row  20  cents,  and  the  two  top  25  cents.     Type  179. 

5  cents,  light  brown.  20  cents,  light  brown. 

1U        j,  ,,  Zu       ,,  ., 


POSTAL  TELEGRAPH  COMPANY. 

ADHESIVE  STAMPS. 

12th  February,  1885. — Uncoloured  numeral  on  an  engine- 
turned  ground,  within  fancy  frame.  In  the  upper  part  of  the 
stamp  is  the  name  of  the  company,  and  in  the  lower  part  the 
value  in  words.  The  impression  is  on  plain  white  paper,  and  the 
perforation  is  14.     Types  180-183. 

10  cents,  green.  25  cents,  blue. 

15     „      vermilion.  50     ,,     brown. 


WESTERN  UNION  TELEGRAPH  COMPANY. 

ADHESIVE  FRANK  STAMPS. 

1871. — This  company  issued  "  Complimentary "  frank  stamps 
from  1871  to  1885,  of  the  same  design,  but  varying  the  colour  of 
the  impression  each  year.  The  design  consists  of  an  upright 
rectangle,  in  the  upper  part  of  which  is  the  name  of  the  company, 
followed  by  "frank,"  and  by  the  control  number  stamped  in 
colour.  Below  this  is  the  name  of  the  President  for  the  time 
being,  and  underneath  "complimentary."  The  impression  is  on 
plain  white  wove  paper,  and  the  perforation  12.  Types  184,  185. 
There  is  no  value  expressed. 

1871,  green  ;  control  number  in  red  ;  no  date,  and  hand-dated. 

1872,  vermilion        „  in  blue        „  „ 

1873,  blue  „  in  red         „  „ 

1874,  brown  „  in  blue       „  „ 

1875,  green  „  in  red  ;  date  on  both  sides. 

1876,  vermilion        „  in  blue        „  „ 


1878, 

light  brown 

1879, 

blue 

blue 

1880, 

violet-pink 

1881, 

green 

green 

1SS3,. 

brown 

brown 

1554 

lilac 

54  A  CATALOGUE  OF  TELEGRAPH  STAMPS,  ETC. 

Varieties. 

vermilion,  with  no  control  number, 
vermilion,  with  number  written  in  black. 

1577.  lilac-mauve  ;  control  number  in  carmine  ;  dated  on  both  sides. 

„  in  blue  .,  >, 

„  in  red  :  hand-dated  in  black. 

„  in  red  :  dated  on  both  sides. 

„  in  blue 

,,  in  violet 

„  in  red 

„  in  blue 

„  in  carmine 

„  in  red  and  carmine 

lilac:  control  number  written  in  black.     [Va 
1SS5,  green  ;  control  number  in  red  ;  dated  on  both  sides 


VICTOEIA. 

TELEGRAPH  FORM. 

January,  1875. — Form  printed  in  red,  13  x  8§  inches,  stamped 
with  embossed  stamp,  similar  in  type  to  the  envelope  stamp  of 
twopence  (1869).        1  shming5  mtramarine_blue. 


WESTERN  AI'STEALIA. 

ADHESIVE   STAMPS. 

1879. — Head  of  Queen  Victoria  to  the  left  within  a  circular 
band,  inscribed  in  the  upper  part  "western  Australia."  and  in 
the  lower  part  "  telegraphs/'  The  value,  in  letters,  is  in  a  tablet 
at  the  foot.  The  stamps  were  engraved  by  Messrs.  De  La  Eue  and 
Co.,  and  are  printed  on  white  paper,  watermarked  "  Crown  C  C," 
and  perforated  14.     Type  186. 

1  penny,  light  olive-brown. 
6  pence,  purple. 

TELEGRAPH  FORMS. 

187 —  (?). — Form  headed  "  electric  telegraph  (Arms  of 
Great  Britain),  western  Australia,''-  with  an  embossed  stamp 
in  the  right  upper  angle,  showing  the  Queen's  head  within  a 
circle,  within  a  truncated  transverse  oval  band,  inscribed  at  the 
top  "western  Australia,"  and  in  the  lower  part  "one  shilling." 
On  the  back  are  instructions.     Type  187. 

1  shilling,  white,  embossed  on  pink  ground. 

Similar  forms  exist,  8£  by  9  inches. 

1  shilling,  white,  embossed  on  pink  ground. 


WURTEMBURG. 


55 


WUBTEMBUKG. 

1st  January,  1875. — Numerals  of  value  overprinted  on  a 
background  of  concentric  circles,  round  which  is  a  circular  band, 
inscribed  in  the  upper  part  "  k.  wurttembtjrg,"  and  in  the  lower 
part  "telegraph."  In  the  angles  of  the  rectangular  frame  are 
Arms  and  other  ornaments.  On  a  tablet  at  the  foot  is  "  pfennig  " 
or  "mark,"  flanked  on  either  side  with  the  numeral  of  value. 
Impression  on  plain  white  paper,  and  the  stamps  are  rouletted. 
Type  188. 

20  pfennig,  brown  (shades),  overprint  of  value  in  black. 


25      „ 

lilac      (     „    j, 

55           j> 

35      „ 

yellow-green  (shades)  „ 

„     (1st  Feb.,  1875). 

40      „ 

yellow-bistre  (     „    )  ,, 

55                         55 

50      „ 

pink              (     „    )  „ 

5)                       V 

80      „ 

blue              (     „    )  „ 

5)                       55 

1  mark, 

pale  green     (     „    )  ,, 

„          blue. 

2      „ 

pale  yellow    (     „    )  ,, 

■>•>           jj 

4      „ 

pale  blue                     ,, 

55                         5> 

10      „ 

brick-red  (shades)        ,, 

55                       5> 

The  stamp  of  1  mark  is  known  with  the  numeral  to  the  left 
omitted,  reading  "  mark  1 "  in  place  of  "  1  mark  1." 


1st  March,  1876. — Similar  stamps  to  the  preceding. 

5  pfennig,  grey,  overprint  of  value  in  black. 
10      „        ultramarine      ,,         ,,  ,, 

80      „       yellow-green     „         „  „     (August,  1878). 

2  mark,  orange-yellow  „         ,,        blue.